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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)

  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

See all 8 meanings of bustle

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.

Words near bustleth in the dictionary

  1. bustled
  2. bustler
  3. bustlers
  4. bustles
  5. bustlesome
  6. bustleth
  7. bustlike
  8. bustline
  9. bustlines
  10. bustling
  11. bustlingly

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