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bustle

 
 
/ˈbʌsl/ verb

Definition

bustle about/around/in, etc to move around and do things in a quick, busy way: There were lots of shoppers bustling about.
bustle with sth to be full of people or activity: The town centre was bustling with people.
(Definition of bustle verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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