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- Dictionarybustling/ˈbʌslɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of a place) full of activity: "the bustling little town"
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The meaning of BUSTLING is full of lively activity : busily astir. How to use bustling 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.
adjective. uk / ˈbʌs.lɪŋ / us / ˈbʌs.lɪŋ / Add to word list. 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. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. full of activity.
moving or acting with a great show of energy: I watched her preparing lunch in the kitchen—a compact, bustling woman of around forty with her hair in a tight bun. abounding or teeming with people or activities that create an atmosphere of energy: This midwestern city is a bustling hub for business, education, recreation, and government. noun.
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.
bustling in British English. adjective. (of a place or occasion) characterized by energetic and noisy activity. The word bustling is derived from bustle, shown below. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
bustling. full of people moving about in a busy way. bustling with something The market was bustling with life. Definition of bustling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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full of people and activity: a bustling city / street. (Definition of bustling from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
to move or act with great energy: [~ + about] the chef bustling about in the kitchen. [~ + with + object] (of a place) to have a lot of (something) in, at, or near: The office bustled with activity. to hustle: [~ + object] She bustled me out of the cold room. n. [uncountable] excited, noisy activity: much hustle and bustle.
