Bustles

/ˈbʌsəlz/ verb

Third-person singular present tense of bustle; moves or acts with purposeful energy and activity, or makes busy movements.

From Middle Dutch 'bustelen' or Old Norse sources; the '-s' marks third-person singular in English present tense; the root carries the sense of 'to move about actively.'

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