bustled
bustled is the simple past and past participle of bustle.
Meaning of bustle
Verb
bustle (third-person singular simple present bustles, present participle bustling, simple past and past participle bustled)
- To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
- The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
- 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.
- 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
Adjective
bustled (not comparable)
- Having a bustle, as clothing.
- a bustled dress
Questions about bustled
- What does bustled mean?
- Bustled means having a bustle, as clothing.
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- Bustled is the simple past and past participle of bustle.
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- Bustled is an adjective.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bustled (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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