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bustling adjective [ ˈbʌslɪŋ ]

• (of a place) full of activity.
• "the bustling little town"
Similar: busy, crowded, swarming, teeming, full, astir, buzzing, hectic, lively, vibrant, thronging, thronged, energetic, active, buzzy, heaving, like Piccadilly Circus,
Opposite: deserted, inactive,

bustle verb

• move in an energetic and busy manner.
• "people clutching clipboards bustled about"
Similar: rush, dash, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble, flutter, fuss, hurry, hasten, make haste, race, run, sprint, tear, shoot, charge, chase, career, scutter, scoot, beetle, whizz, buzz, hare, zoom, zip,
Opposite: amble,
Origin: late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk ‘prepare’, from Old Norse.


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