Word Meaning

Meaning of bustle

- To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
- Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
- A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.

Crossword clue for bustle

- 19th-century skirt extender
- Noisy activity undergoes subtle change
- Skirt expander
- skirt extender
- Skirt-expander