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outbustle

outbustle verb: to surpass in bustling; to be more busily energetic than.

Verb

outbustle (third-person singular simple present outbustles, present participle outbustling, simple past and past participle outbustled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in bustling; to be more busily energetic than.

Forms of outbustle

third-person singular presentoutbustles
present participleoutbustling
past participleoutbustled
pastoutbustled

Origin of outbustle

From out- + bustle.

Questions about outbustle

What does outbustle mean?
Outbustle means to surpass in bustling; to be more busily energetic than.
What part of speech is outbustle?
Outbustle is a verb.
What is the past tense of outbustle?
The past tense of outbustle is outbustled.

Words near outbustle in the dictionary

  1. outbursters
  2. outbursteth
  3. outbursting
  4. outburstings
  5. outbursts
  6. outbustle
  7. outbustled
  8. outbustles
  9. outbustling
  10. outbutcher
  11. outbutchered

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