bustlingadjective
uk/ˈbʌs.lɪŋ/us/ˈbʌs.lɪŋ/If a place is bustling, it is full of busy activity:
This used to be a bustling town but a lot of people have moved away over recent years.
The house, usually bustling with activity, was strangely silent.
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Busy and active
- a hive of activity/industry idiom
- arena
- be (as) busy as a bee idiom
- be all go idiom
- be at work idiom
- be back in harness idiom
- buzz
- foot
- hard-working
- harness
- have (got) sth on
- have sth on your plate idiom
- have your hands full idiom
- hurly-burly
- knee-deep
- mad
- spread
- stimulating
- tie sb up
- well away idiom
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