bus·tle 1 (b?s??l)intr. & tr.v. bus·tled, bus·tling, bus·tles To move or cause to move energetically and busily.n. Excited and often noisy activity; a stir.[Possibly variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk, to prepare oneself, from Old Norse b?ask, reflexive of b?a, to prepare; see bheu?- in Indo-European roots.]bus·tle 2 (b?s??l)n.1. A frame or pad to support and expand the fullness of the back of a skirt.2. A bow, peplum, or gathering of material at the back of a skirt below the waist.[Origin unknown.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.bustle (?b?s?l) vb (when: intr, often foll by about) to hurry or cause to hurry with a great show of energy or activitynenergetic and noisy activity[C16: probably from obsolete buskle to make energetic preparation, from dialect busk from Old Norse b?ask to prepare] ?bustler n ?bustling adj ?bustlingly advbustle (?b?s?l) n (Clothing & Fashion) a cushion or a metal or whalebone framework worn by women in the late 19th century at the back below the waist in order to expand the skirt[C18: of unknown origin]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014bus?tle1 (?b?s ?l) v. -tled, -tling, n. v.i. 1. to move or act with a great show of energy (often fol. by about): bustling about in the kitchen. 2. to abound in something: an office bustling with activity. v.t. 3. to cause to bustle; hustle. n. 4. energetic and often noisy activity. [1615?25; Middle English bustelen to hurry along] bus?tler, n. bus?tling?ly, adv. bus?tle2 (?b?s ?l) n. a projecting pad or framework formerly worn under the back of a woman’s skirt to support and display the drape of the fabric. [1780?90; orig. uncertain] bus?tled, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.bustle – A stuffed pad or cushion worn under the skirt of a woman’s dress, it had a synonym of “dress-improver.”See also related terms for skirt.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.bustlePast participle: bustledGerund: bustlingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativebustlebustlePresentI bustleyou bustlehe/she/it bustleswe bustleyou bustlethey bustlePreteriteI bustledyou bustledhe/she/it bustledwe bustledyou bustledthey bustledPresent ContinuousI am bustlingyou are bustlinghe/she/it is bustlingwe are bustlingyou are bustlingthey are bustlingPresent PerfectI have bustledyou have bustledhe/she/it has bustledwe have bustledyou have bustledthey have bustledPast ContinuousI was bustlingyou were bustlinghe/she/it was bustlingwe were bustlingyou were bustlingthey were bustlingPast PerfectI had bustledyou had bustledhe/she/it had bustledwe had bustledyou had bustledthey had bustledFutureI will bustleyou will bustlehe/she/it will bustlewe will bustleyou will bustlethey will bustleFuture PerfectI will have bustledyou will have bustledhe/she/it will have bustledwe will have bustledyou will have bustledthey will have bustledFuture ContinuousI will be bustlingyou will be bustlinghe/she/it will be bustlingwe will be bustlingyou will be bustlingthey will be bustlingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been bustlingyou have been bustlinghe/she/it has been bustlingwe have been bustlingyou have been bustlingthey have been bustlingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been bustlingyou will have been bustlinghe/she/it will have been bustlingwe will have been bustlingyou will have been bustlingthey will have been bustlingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been bustlingyou had been bustlinghe/she/it had been bustlingwe had been bustlingyou had been bustlingthey had been bustlingConditionalI would bustleyou would bustlehe/she/it would bustlewe would bustleyou would bustlethey would bustlePast ConditionalI would have bustledyou would have bustledhe/she/it would have bustledwe would have bustledyou would have bustledthey would have bustledCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011BustleA light framework (usually of wire) worn by women to puff out the back of their skirts.1001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn?t Know by W.R. Runyan Copyright © 2011 by W.R. Runyan