verb

move in an energetic and busy manner.

people clutching clipboards bustled about

rush,dash,scurry,scuttle,scamper,scramble,flutter,fuss,hurry,hasten,make haste,race,run,sprint,tear,shoot,charge,chase,career,scutter,scoot,beetle,whizz,buzz,hare,zoom,zip

noun

excited activity and movement.

all the noise and the traffic and the bustle

activity,hustle and bustle,animation,commotion,flurry,tumult,hubbub,busyness,action,liveliness,movement,life,stir,excitement,agitation,fuss,whirl,toing and froing,comings and goings,to-do,hurry-scurry,pother