bustling

1. 1.

   full of energetic and noisy activity

   “a bustling city”

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Questions about bustling

What does bustling mean?

bustling means "full of energetic and noisy activity".

How many syllables are in bustling?

bustling has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈbʌsəlɪŋ/.

Is bustling a common word?

bustling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.