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s | bustle |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun bustle is

an excited activity; a stir.

As a verb bustle is

to move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ).

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    bustle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An excited activity; a stir.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
    • we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence
  • (computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
  • (historical) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

    • Derived terms

    * hustle and bustle

    Verb

  • To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ).
    • The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
  • *, II.3.6:
    • I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment […].
  • To teem or abound (usually followed by with''); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). ''See also bustle with .
    • The train station was bustling with commuters.

    Synonyms

    * (to move busily) flit, hustle, scamper, scurry * (to exhibit an energetic abundance) abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem

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