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Definition of bustle : 1. A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; - called also bishop, and tournure.
2. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
3. To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.

Synonyms:

pluck, turmoil, disturbance, row, hoo-ha, corset, bucket, shindy, roll, sting, clatter, bobby socks, ruction, sail, stir, moil, toss off, run, hubbub, hoopla, zoo, hotfoot, do, alarums and excursions, furor, whisk, doublet, commotion, ruckus, fly, blather, trot, disorder, hullabaloo, williwaw, zoom, move, tumult, bicker, dart, zip, splash, turbulence, mess around, tizzy, pelt, bloomers, hurly-burly, flit, fun, bunco, flimflam, hasten to do something, bunco game, gyp, spat, bustle about, crinoline, con, hassle, whirlpool, whiz, bunko, clutter, confidence trick, whiz through, kerfuffle, festinate, codpiece, armor, storm, flap, bolt, gallop through, furore, bother, confidence game, barrel, fuss, splore, hurry-scurry, coil, scoot, whirl, scour, zip through, uproar, dither, dash, nip, highball, squabble, bunko game, sail through, tiff, ado, hurricane, chain mail, to-do, bickering, rumpus, hurly, shoot, welter, rip, pandemonium, stew, tear, race, sprint, not hang around, hurry up, pettifoggery, flash, calm, action, bluster, force through, putter, bobbery, armour, fleet, corroboree, con game, bedlam, foofaraw, helter-skelter, trouble, snow flurry, ballyhoo, pother, squall, rocket, wing, hubble-bubble

haste (part of speech: noun)

impatience, quickness, abruptness, fastness, haste, briskness, hurriedness, flurry, feverishness, speediness, fleetness, swiftness, urgency, rapidity

hasten (part of speech: verb)

hurry, expedite, spur, push, speed, quicken, hasten, rush, hustle, accelerate, urge

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