hustle and bustle

English

Alternative forms

hustle-bustle

Pronunciation

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Noun

hustle and bustle (uncountable)

A large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.
He moved to his parents' farm to have a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city.

Derived terms

hustly-bustly

Translations

activity

Bulgarian: блъсканица (bg) f (blǎskanica)
Finnish: hälinä (fi)
French: tourbillon d'activité, animation (fr) m, rumeur (fr) f, bruit (fr) m, vacarme (fr) m
German: Rummel (de) m, Trubel (de) m
Hebrew: המולה‎, התרוצצות‎
Italian: viavai m, andirivieni (it) m, porto di mare m, vai e vieni m, girio m, tramestio m

Maori: pōwaiwai
Occitan: rambalh (oc) m, sarrabastal (oc) m, tarrabastal (oc) m
Russian: сумато́ха (ru) f (sumatóxa), суета́ (ru) f (sujetá), толкотня́ (ru) f (tolkotnjá) (jostle, cram), су́толока (ru) f (sútoloka)
Slovak: trma-vrma f
Spanish: ajetreo (es), trajín (es)
Turkish: itiş kakış

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