RUSTLES
Noun
rustles
plural of rustle
Verb
rustles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rustle
Anagrams
• Ulsters, lusters, lustres, results, sutlers, tussler, ulsters
Source: Wiktionary
RUSTLE
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