bustle

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