bustled
Meaning of bustled
verb, past tense
- move in an energetic and busy manner.
people clutching clipboards bustled about
late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk ‘prepare’, from Old Norse.
Information about bustled
- It is a verb.
- Languages in which bustled is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of bustled
bus-tled
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- bustled is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bustled synonyms
Meaning move with urgent haste:
Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:
Meaning (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps:
Meaning a metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire:
Meaning (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement:
Meaning make one's way quickly or awkwardly up a steep gradient or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet:
Meaning (of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly:
Meaning busy oneself restlessly:
Meaning move or act with great haste:
Meaning be quick to do something:
Meaning compete with another or others to see who is fastest at covering a set course or achieving an objective:
Meaning move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time:
Meaning run at full speed over a short distance:
Meaning pull (something) apart or to pieces with force:
Meaning move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction:
Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:
Meaning pursue in order to catch or catch up with:
Meaning move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way:
Meaning (especially of a small animal) move hurriedly with short steps:
Meaning go or leave somewhere quickly:
Meaning make one's way hurriedly:
Meaning move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound:
Meaning make a low, continuous humming sound:
Meaning run with great speed:
Meaning move or travel very quickly:
Meaning fasten with a zip:
bustled antonyms
Meaning walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace:
Words that rhyme with bustled
beetled, retled, betitled, cuitled, disentitled, entitled, intitled, mistitled, nontitled, preentitled, retitled, subentitled, subtitled, titled, unentitled, unintitled, untitled, cantled, disgruntled, dismantled, gentled, gruntled, immantled, mantled, outmantled, scantled, scintled, skintled, undismantled, ungentled, unmantled, wintled, footled, rootled, tootled, chortled, dartled, hurtled, kirtled, outstartled, snirtled, spartled, startled, turtled, unstartled, bristled, brustled, castled, epistled, hustled
Are you looking more rhymes for bustled? Try our rhymes search engine.