I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bustling port (= very busy )
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Until the 1870s, Port Albert was a bustling port.
a bustling resort (= lively and full of people )
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The hotel is right in the middle of this bustling resort.
busy/bustling
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The town was busy even in November.
hustle and bustle
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the hustle and bustle of the market place
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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Servants, porters, farriers and fletchers bustled about .
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She was unprepared for it and her nervousness increased tenfold as she bustled about to get his tea.
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Gaveston bustled about in the darkness, found a tinder, and a cresset torch flared into life.
in
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The odd wrapped-up tourist bustles in from the street.
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Comrades bustled in and out, peering over his shoulder to offer suggestions as he polished sentences.
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When she'd gone, we were bustled in and raced up the stairs.
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Caroline had bustled in with some photocopies.
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Siegfried bustled in , muttered a greeting and began to pour his coffee.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A waitress bustles, the ambience hustles.
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Servants, porters, farriers and fletchers bustled about.
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She bustled to the dresser and tucked - I saw it - a small package deep inside the drawer.
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They bustled to and fro across the dock and swarmed on and off the ships.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A school-age child has trouble concentrating in the class-room because she is overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle .
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His solemnity contrasts with the calculating bustle of Ezra Cohen.
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Life was terribly hectic in the city, she thought, all hustle and bustle .
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She enjoyed all the hustle and bustle of people and music.
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The bustle of metropolitan commerce and tourism filled the streets.
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The ceaseless thrust and bustle came from something deep and primaeval in man.
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The streets and bars were deserted, and for once the incessant noise and bustle had abated.