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hustle and bustle

hustle and bustle noun: a large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.

Noun

hustle and bustle (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) A large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.
    • He moved to his parents' farm to have a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city.

hustle and bustle meaning in Hindi and Malayalam

hustle and bustle in Hindi

hustle and bustle
भीड़भाड़ bhīṛbhāṛ
hustle and bustle, toil, scurrying, bustle, effort
दौड़-धूप dauṛ-dhūp

hustle and bustle in Malayalam

bustle, hurly-burly, tumult
തിരക്കിട്ട ജോലി, അലുവൽ, തിക്കുംതിരക്കും, കൂട്ടപ്പിരളി, ഘോഷം, ബഹളം

Forms of hustle and bustle

alternative formhustle-bustle

Words formed from hustle and bustle

Questions about hustle and bustle

What does hustle and bustle mean?
Hustle and bustle means a large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.
What is hustle and bustle in Hindi?
Hustle and bustle in Hindi is भीड़भाड़ (bhīṛbhāṛ), दौड़-धूप (dauṛ-dhūp). See Hustle and bustle meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hustle and bustle?
Hustle and bustle is a noun.

Words near hustle and bustle in the dictionary

  1. hustla
  2. hustlas
  3. hustle
  4. hustle alarm
  5. hustle alarms
  6. hustle and bustle
  7. hustle kingdom
  8. hustle kingdoms
  9. hustle up
  10. hustle-bustle
  11. hustled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hustle and bustle (page history and authors); दौड़-धूप (Hindi) (page history and authors); hustle and bustle (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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