All bustle synonyms
bus·tle
B b verb bustle
- hum — to make a low, continuous, droning sound.
- scurry — to go or move quickly or in haste.
- flit — to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- whirl — to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
- rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- hasten — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- run — execution
- fuss — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- tear — the act of tearing.
- scamper — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- whisk — to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke: She whisked everything off the table with her arm.
- scuttle — Nautical. a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel. a cover for this.
- dust — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- hurry — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- stir — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- flutter — to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
- hustle — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse