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| bustle | |
| 1. n. An excited activity; a stir. |  |
| 2. n. (computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine. | |
| 3. n. (historical) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops. | |
| 4. v. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about). | |
| The commuters bustled about inside the train station. | |
| 5. v. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). | |
| The train station was bustling with commuters. | |
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