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Webster 1913 Edition


Rustle

Rus′tle

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

Rus′tle

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

Rus′tle

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rustle

RUSTLE

,
Verb.
I.
rus'l.
To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing of silk cloth or dry leaves; as a rustling silk; rustling leaves or trees; rustling wings.
He is coming; I hear the straw rustle.

Definition 2024


rustle

rustle

English

Noun

rustle (plural rustles)

Examples
  1. A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.

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Verb

rustle (third-person singular simple present rustles, present participle rustling, simple past and past participle rustled)

  1. (ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
    • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22
      The next day at three o'clock we were again at the door, and the footmen as before; we heard the silk dress rustle, and the lady came down the steps and in an imperious voice, she said, "York, you must put those horses' heads higher, they are not fit to be seen."
  2. (transitive) To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
    rustle some food
    rustle up some food
  3. (transitive) To steal (cattle or other livestock).

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