About The Word Rustle
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Rustle
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What's The Definition Of Rustle?
[n] the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
[v] make a dry crackling sound, as of silk or leaves [v] take illegally, as of cattle Synonyms | Synonyms for Rustle: lift | rustling | whisper | whispering Related Terms | Find terms related to Rustle: See Also | go | noise | sound | steal Rustle In Webster's Dictionary \Rus"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rustled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rustling}.] [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. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves. \Rus"tle\, n. 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. |
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