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rustle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rustle has 1 sense
- rustle(n = noun.event) rustling, whisper, whispering - a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind; Array is a kind of noise
Derived form verb rustle1
Verb rustle has 3 senses
- rustle(v = verb.perception) Array - make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze" is one way to go, sound
- rustle(v = verb.possession) lift - take illegally; "rustle cattle" is one way to steal
- rustle(v = verb.possession) Array - forage food; Array is one way to forage, scrounge
Derived forms noun rustle1, noun rustling2
Sample sentences:
You can hear animals rustle in the meadows
The meadows rustle with animals
Derived forms noun rustler1, noun rustling1
Sample sentence:
They rustle the animals
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
rustle, v. i. [AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to stir, make a riot, or E. rush, v.].
- To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves. [1913 Webster]"He is coming; I hear his straw rustle." [1913 Webster]"Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk." [1913 Webster]
- To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [1913 Webster]
- To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle. [PJC]
rustle, v. t.
To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves. [1913 Webster]
rustle, 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. [1913 Webster]
"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."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
rustle, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. & tr. make or cause to make a gentle sound as of dry leaves blown in a breeze.
2 intr. (often foll. by along etc.) move with a rustling sound.
3 tr. (also absol.) steal (cattle or horses).
4 intr. US colloq. hustle.
--n. a rustling sound or movement.
--v.
1 intr. & tr. make or cause to make a gentle sound as of dry leaves blown in a breeze.
2 intr. (often foll. by along etc.) move with a rustling sound.
3 tr. (also absol.) steal (cattle or horses).
4 intr. US colloq. hustle.
--n. a rustling sound or movement.
Idiom
rustle up colloq. produce quickly when needed.
Derivative
rustler n. (esp. in sense 3 of v.).
Etymology
ME rustel etc. (imit.): cf. obs. Flem. ruysselen, Du. ritselen
THESAURUS
rustle
abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, boost, borrow, celerity, cop, crib, crinkle, defraud, dispatch, embezzle, expedition, expeditiousness, extort, filch, froufrou, hook, hurry, hustle, lift, make off with, nip, palm, pilfer, pinch, poach, purloin, run away with, rustling, scrounge, shoplift, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, snare, snatch, snitch, speed, speediness, steal, susurrate, susurration, susurrus, swiftness, swindle, swipe, swish, swishing, take, thieve, walk off with, whish, whisper, whisperingROGET THESAURUS
rustle
Sibilation
VB hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle, fizz, fizzle, wheeze, whistle, snuffle, squash, sneeze, sizzle, swish.
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