BUSTLE, BUSTLER, BUSTLING
ADJECTIVES
1825 — TEARING bustling, energetic, active; strong, strenuous → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1827 — REESHLING bustling, forward, prompt → Sc.
1877 — RUSTLING busy, bustling; full of activity; also, energetic, driven → colloq., chiefly US
1887 — ABUSTLE bustling with people, activity, etc.
..20C — ON THE JOHNNY RUSSELL bustling about → Aust. rhyming sl., Johnny Russell – bustle, hustle
1911 — BOOSAM bustling, busy → Sc. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1794 — ASTEER bustling, moving about, active → Sc.
NOUNS
1225 — BUSYSHIP bustling activity; a busy state or quality → obs.
1513 — FAIRD a bustle, a stir, a violent onset; motion, rush, impetus → Sc. obs.
1535 — FEERY-FARRY a bustle, a tumult; a state of excitement, disorder, confusion → Sc. obs.
1546 — BUSKLING bustling; eager activity; scuffling, agitation → obs.
1570 — TO-DO a bustle, a stir, a commotion, a fuss, a great disturbance
1660 — FERD a bustle, a stir, a violent onset → Sc. obs.
1715 — FEERY → FERIE tumult, noise, bustle, confusion; rage, passion → Sc.
1732 — HURRY-DURRY bustle caused by excitement. tumult, confusion → obs.
1737 — THRANG → THRONG bustle; a busy time; confusion; the state of being busy → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1739 — FUDDER an impetuous rush, a sudden bustle, a hurry → Sc.
1740 — FLUSTRATION bustle; confusion; excitement; flurry → sl.
1775 — SPLUTTER a bustle, a stir → US
1785 — BIZZ a bustle; a buzz → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1798 — QUOIL bustle, fuss; a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a noisy disturbance → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1800 — HURRY-BURRY bustle or confusion caused by excitement; tumult → Sc.
1806 — PAVIE a bustle, a fuss, commotion, a great to-do about nothing; a great state of excitement, either from pleasurable anticipation, or rage → Sc.
1823 — THRANGERIE a bustle; a busy time → Sc. obs.
1825 — BALL bustle, disturbance → Sc.
1836 — HUSTLE-BUSTLE a bustle in which there is much hustling or jostling
1839 — FUSTLE a bustle, a fuss → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1839 — WALLOCH a bustle, to-do, uproar; a flouncing, floundering movement → Sc.
1847 — FUSTLE a fuss, a bustle → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1850 — ONCARRY a bustle, a stir, a to-do, a capering about, rowdy behaviour, merriment, frolic → Sc.
1856 — SCOUTHER → SCOWDER bustle, confusion, disorder → Eng. dial.
1866 — FUSS-AND-FEATHERS bustle and display
1867 — HALLEGE → HARRIAGE → HERRIDGE a bustle, a disturbance; fuss → Eng. dial.
1872 — RUSTLING hard work; energetic striving; furious activity; bustle → US colloq.
1878 — FALSE HEREAFTER a bustle → US society sl.
1879 — REEMISH → REMISH a bustle, a stir, a disturbance, a row → Sc.
1881 — SCOWDERING bustle, confusion, turmoil → Eng. dial.
1885 — TIRRIVEE a bustle, a stir; a commotion, disturbance; a state of excitement → Sc.
1888 — PUSSIVANTING a fussing, meddling; also, ineffectual activity; pointless bustle → Eng. dial.
1898 — FARRACH a bustle, a state of agitation, a to-do, a mix-up → Sc.
..20C — JOHNNY RUSSELL bustle, hustle → Aust. rhyming sl.
1900 — FASKING ABOUT a bustling or bothering → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GURRY a hurry, bustle, confusion → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — ONTACK a bustle, a fuss, a stir, a to-do; airs and affectations, assumption → Sc.
1904 — REELING bustle, turmoil, bustle → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCOW bustle, confusion, disturbance, esp. confused preparation for an event → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCOWDERMENT bustle, confusion, bustle, turmoil → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — STIRABOUT a bustle, a state of confusion
1905 — THE THICK OF THE THRANG the midst of the bustle or crowd; the busiest part or time → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THRONG-DEED bustle and confusion; excitement; any incident of an exciting or busy character → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TIFTER a bustle, a hurry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TIMOTHY bustle, haste; a state of agitation or anger → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOOSAN a bustling, a moving about → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BRAINGE a bustling, angry haste → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BREE bustle; a disturbance, a fuss, hurry → Sc. (Bk.)
1940 — PARANGLES bustle and confusion; trouble and worry; any bothersome, complicated situation → W. Indies sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1652 — BUSTLEPATE a bustling person → obs.
1781 — RATTLE-BAG a bustling, noisy person; one who excites alarm → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1866 — WAP a person of a somewhat bustling manner; one with showy manners → Sc. (Bk.)
1870 — STIRABOUT a bustling person
VERBS
1545 — BUSKLE to bustle; to hurry about, to make haste; to be full of agitation or commotion → obs.
1700 — NESTLE to bustle about; to trifle; to be uneasy or restless; to fidget → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1803 — BIRR to bustle; to move rapidly; to act with energy → Sc.
1804 — FUDDER to rush about precipitately, to scurry, to bustle → Sc.
1818 — FAIRD to bustle; to bandy ill words with → Sc. obs.
1821 — HUSTLE to bustle; to move hastily, to hurry; to work busily
1825 — SPUFFLE to fuss, to bustle; to be in a flurry or in breathless haste → Eng. dial.
1825 — TARGE to bustle about, to hustle, to go at a task in an active, vigorous manner → Sc.
1833 — FLY ROUND to bustle about, to bestir oneself → US colloq.
1840 — TOW-ROW to bustle about; to go about in a noisy, disorderly manner → orig. Eng. dial.
1847 — WHEW to bustle about; to hurry → Amer. dial.
1848 — TEW → TEW AROUND → TOO → TU → TU AROUND to bustle; to fuss, to fret → Amer. dial.
1862 — TATTER to bustle; to hurry; to go at a great speed → Eng. dial.
1869 — JUNE → JUNE ALONG → JUNE AROUND to hasten, to hurry; to bustle → Amer. dial.
1873 — WHEW AROUND to bustle about; to hurry, to bustle about → Amer. dial.
1878 — BANGLE to bustle about awkwardly and fruitlessly; to ramble without a fixed purpose → Eng. dial.
1882 — MASH to do anything in a bustling hurry, to rush about → Eng. dial.
1882 — PUSSIVANT to meddle or fuss; to bustle around in an ineffectual way → Eng. dial.
1884 — ZOON to bustle; to hasten, to hurry → Amer. dial.
1885 — SPRY to bustle, to stir
1890 — BELT to bustle; to hurry → Eng. dial.
1892 — FOSSLE → VUSTLE to bustle; to fuss → Eng. dial.
1892 — FUSSOCK ABOUT to bustle about quickly; to make a fuss; to fidget, to irritate → Eng. dial.
1898 — BANTER ABOUT to bustle about; to potter about → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BAZZLE to bustle; to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — BELLIS → BELLISE to bustle about → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCOW to be in a bustle, confusion, or disorder → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRATTLE to bustle; to hurry; to slink off hastily; to hurry anything out of sight → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRIM → SKRIM to bustle about; to work with energy and success; to conduct a vigorous search for anything → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — DO AROUND → DO ROUND to bustle about; to busy oneself; to mingle with others, to go from place to place → Amer. dial.
1905 — NATTLE to be bustling and stirring about trifles; to be very busy in doing nothing at all → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1907 — POOTER to depart in a hurry; to bustle or hurry off
1908 — DO ABOUT to bustle about; to hurry; to bestir oneself, to get busy → Amer. dial.
1911 — BOOSE to bustle about; to be violently active → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BRAINGE to bustle about noisily in a fit of temper; to dash carelessly towards; to use violence → Sc. (Bk.)
1933 — SHUCKLE to bustle about; to run fast, to hurry, to make haste → Amer. dial.
1999 — BUZZ ABOUT to bustle about in an annoying manner → (Bk.)