- hustle-bustle
- \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
: energetic confusion
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
hustle-bustle
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bustle about — verb move or cause to move energetically or busily (Freq. 1) The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance • Syn: ↑bustle, ↑hustle • Derivationally related forms: ↑hustle (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bustle — [n] quick and busy activity ado, agitation, clamor, commotion, do*, excitement, flurry, furor, fuss, haste, hubbub, hurly burly*, hurry, pother, rumpus, stir, to do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind; concept 386 Ant. laziness … New thesaurus
hustle — [v] hurry; work hurriedly apply oneself, be conscientious, bulldoze*, bustle, elbow, fly, force, haste, hasten, hotfoot*, impel, jog, press, push, race, rush, shove, speed, thrust, use elbow grease*; concepts 91,150 Ant. dally, delay,… … New thesaurus
hustle — I UK [ˈhʌs(ə)l] / US verb Word forms hustle : present tense I/you/we/they hustle he/she/it hustles present participle hustling past tense hustled past participle hustled 1) [transitive] to make someone go quickly where you want them to go, or to… … English dictionary
hustle — hus|tle1 [ hʌsl ] verb 1. ) transitive to make someone go quickly where you want them to go or do what you want them to do: As soon as he arrived in the country, he was hustled off to prison. She d been hustled into selling the house too quickly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hustle — [[t]hʌ̱s(ə)l[/t]] hustles, hustling, hustled 1) VERB If you hustle someone, you try to make them go somewhere or do something quickly, for example by pulling or pushing them along. [V n prep/adv] The guards hustled Harry out of the car... [V n… … English dictionary
hustle — 1 verb hustled, hustling 1 (T) to make someone move quickly, especially by pushing them roughly: hustle sb out/into/through etc: I was hustled out of the building by a couple of security men. | hustle sb off somewhere: She hustled the kids off to … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bustle — v 1.Often bustle about stir, move, fuss, fly, flutter, flit, buzz; hustle, run, rush, dash, dart, scramble, scamper, scuttle, hurry, lose no time. 2.Often bustle with abound, teem, swarm, be filled, be bursting, be overrun or thronged, be buzzing … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
bustle — 1 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move around quickly, looking very busy (+ about/round etc): Madge bustled round the room putting things away. . 2 noun 1 (singular) busy and usually noisy activity (+ of): a continual bustle of people… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bustle — 1. verb people bustled about Syn: rush, dash, hurry, scurry, scuttle, hustle, scamper, scramble; run, tear, charge; informal scoot, beetle, buzz, zoom 2. noun the bustle of the market Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
