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bussell

bussell is the obsolete spelling of bustle.

Meaning of bustle

Verb

bustle (third-person singular simple present bustles, present participle bustling, simple past and past participle bustled)

  1. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
    • The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
    Synonyms:
    flit, hustle, scamper, scurry
  2. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).
    • The train station was bustling with commuters.
  3. (transitive) To push around, to importune.
    • Don’t bustle her or fuss or snatch: / A suitor looking at his watch / Is not a posture that persuades / Willing, much less reluctant maids.1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers

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Proper noun capitalized: Bussell

Bussell (plural Bussells)

  1. A surname.

Forms of bussell

pluralBussells
alternative formBustle

Words formed from bussell

Questions about bussell

What does bussell mean?
Bussell means a surname.
What is bussell the obsolete spelling of?
Bussell is the obsolete spelling of bustle.
What part of speech is bussell?
Bussell is a proper noun.

Words near bussell in the dictionary

  1. Busse
  2. bussed
  3. bussed down
  4. bussein
  5. busseins
  6. bussell
  7. Bussells
  8. Busselton
  9. bussenite
  10. busser
  11. Bussero

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bussell (page history and authors); Bussell (page history and authors); bustle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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