Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bustling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bustling \Bus"tling\ (b[u^]s"sl[i^]ng), a.
Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused
activity; as, a bustling crowd. ``A bustling wharf.''
--Hawthorne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bustle \Bus"tle\ (b[u^]s"s'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bustled}
(-s'ld); p. pr. & vb.n. {Bustling} (-sl[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE.
buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the
verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.]
To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to
cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a
crowd.
And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bustling
adj : full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city"
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