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1. Move or cause to move energetically or busily
   "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
   - bustle about, hustle

1. A rapid active commotion
   - hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
    
2. A framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt

Derived forms: bustles, bustled, bustling

Type of: commotion, din, framework, move, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult

Encyclopedia: Bustle