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- Dictionarybustling/ˈbʌslɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of a place) full of activity: "the bustling little town"
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If a place is bustling, it is full of busy activity: This used to be a bustling town but a lot of people have moved away over recent years . The house , usually bustling with activity , was strangely silent .
The meaning of BUSTLING is full of lively activity : busily astir. How to use bustling in a sentence.
Bustling definition: moving or acting with a great show of energy. See examples of BUSTLING used in a sentence.
adjective. uk / ˈbʌslɪŋ / us. Add to word list. full of people and activity: a bustling city / street. (Definition of bustling from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of bustling. in Chinese (Traditional) 熙熙攘攘的, 熱閙的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 熙熙攘攘的, 热闹的… See more. in Spanish.
Define bustling. bustling synonyms, bustling pronunciation, bustling translation, English dictionary definition of bustling. 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. n. 1.
Definition of bustling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The meaning of BUSTLE is to move briskly and often ostentatiously. How to use bustle in a sentence.
Synonyms for BUSTLING: busy, engaged, diligent, employed, occupied, active, working, preoccupied; Antonyms of BUSTLING: idle, inactive, unoccupied, unemployed, free, sleepy, quiescent, dormant.
IPA guide. Other forms: bustlingly. Definitions of bustling. adjective. full of energetic and noisy activity. “a bustling city”. synonyms: active. full of activity or engaged in continuous activity.
The earliest known use of the adjective bustling is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for bustling is from 1582, in a translation by Richard Robinson, poet. bustling is formed within English, by derivation.
