bustle vs whirl

bustle

noun
  • An excited activity; a stir. 

  • A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine. 

  • 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). 

  • To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). 

  • To push around, to importune. 

whirl

noun
  • An act of whirling. 

  • (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial. 

  • Something that whirls. 

  • A rapid series of events. 

  • Dizziness or giddiness. 

  • A confused tumult. 

verb
  • To make something or someone whirl. 

  • To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. 

  • To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch. 

  • To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. 

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