rustle

[rus·tle]

A rustle can be the dry sounds made by papers rubbing together or leaves crackling. It can also be the act of searching, stealing, finding food, or making rustle sounds.

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To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

Noun
the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

Verb
make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"

Verb
take illegally; "rustle cattle"


v. i.
To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

v. i.
To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.

v. t.
To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

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.


Rustle

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.
Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.
2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]

Rustle

Rus"tle, v. t. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

Rustle

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.

To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.

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Usage Examples

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

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