bustleth
bustleth is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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
Origin of bustleth
bustle + -eth
Questions about bustleth
- What is bustleth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Bustleth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bustle.
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