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Webster 1828 Edition


Rustling

RUS'TLING

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ppr.
Making the sound of silk cloth when rubbed.

RUS'TLING

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Noun.
A quick succession of small sounds, as a brushing among dry leaves or straw.

Definition 2024


rustling

rustling

English

Verb

rustling

  1. present participle of rustle

Noun

rustling (plural rustlings)

  1. A series of rustles.
    • 2006 March 29, Richard Daughty, 321gold
      I hear a rustling in the bushes off to my right, and my trigger finger spasms.
    • 2009 January 30, Roberta Smith, “Bonnard Late in Life, Searching for the Light”, in New York Times:
      The time in the paintings is also deepened by furtive movements and rustlings, mostly thanks to Bonnard’s figures.