RUSTLE
rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering
(noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
rustle
(verb) make a dry crackling sound; “rustling silk”; “the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze”
rustle
(verb) forage food
rustle, lift
(verb) take illegally; “rustle cattle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rustle (plural rustles)
A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves.
A movement producing such a sound.
Verb
rustle (third-person singular simple present rustles, present participle rustling, simple past and past participle rustled)
(ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
(transitive) To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
Synonym: rustle up
(transitive) To steal (cattle or other livestock).
Anagrams
• Ulster, lurest, luster, lustre, luters, result, rulest, sutler, truels, ulster
Source: Wiktionary
Rus"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling.] Etym: [AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to stir, make a riot, or E. rush, v.]
1. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves. He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. Shak. Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. Shak.
2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]
Rus"tle, v. t.
Definition: To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
Rus"tle, n.
Definition: A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling. When the noise of a torrent, the rustle of a wood, the song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill the attention, and suspend all perception of the course of time. Idler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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