how to pronounce bustle

/ˈbʌs.əl/

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bustle is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bustle in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… uh the commuter bustle will come back mr …”

meaning of bustle

Bustle is a movement of people or things in a hurry.

bustle frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word bustle occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.