bustle
Skirt's back fullness
Bustle is energetic, often noisy activity—the kind that accompanies preparation or crowded movement: the bustle of the kitchen before dinner, the bustle of the city streets.
To bustle is to move with purposeful hurry: She bustled around the office.
A bustle is also a pad or frame worn under a skirt to puff out the back, fashionable in the late 1800s—a different word that happens to share the spelling.
Energetic, aggressive action
scurry · rush · fuss · ado · whirl · tumult · activity · action
Structural petticoat for volume
- hoopskirtStiffened underskirt framework
- underskirtGarment worn beneath outer layer
- paddingMaterial for cushioning
- petticoatUndergarment beneath skirts
Victorian · Edwardian · skirt · fullness · silhouette · gown · panniers · dress
Dense pressing crowd
- swarmMass of moving insects
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- massesBulk or populace
- multitudeVery large number
surge · stream · teeming · swarming · jostling · packed · mobbed · heaving
hustle
Energetic, aggressive action
hurry · scurry · rush · fuss · ado · whirl · tumult · activity · action · movement
crinoline
Structural petticoat for volume
- hoopskirtStiffened underskirt framework
- underskirtGarment worn beneath outer layer
- paddingMaterial for cushioning
petticoat · Victorian · Edwardian · skirt · fullness · silhouette · gown · panniers · dress · historical
throng
Dense pressing crowd
multitude · surge · stream · teeming · swarming · jostling · packed · mobbed · heaving · pressing
marketplace
Venue for commerce
downtown · market · station · terminal · plaza · square · souk · intersection · hub · metropolis
vibrant
Full of life, intensity
buzzing · humming · alive · spirited · brisk · vivacious · pulsing · thriving · hopping · jumping
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- costumeswitch, costume, vampire, pirate, ghost costume
- city lifecity, urban life, traffic noise, downtown, metropolis
- Victorian eraparlour, Victorian etiquette, etiquette, parlor games, courtship
- bridal attirewedding dress, bridal gown, wedding gown, bridal veil, wedding veil
- bridal shopwedding dress, wedding gowns, bridal gown, bridesmaid dress, flower girl dress
- hustle and bustleNoisy, energetic activity
- busting upForcibly breaking into pieces
- busting a gutLaughing extremely hard
- busting assExerting oneself strenuously
- busting a moveDancing with flair
- bustles withIs crowded and active