Definition of Rustle

Rus´tle
v. i.1.To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
[imp. & p. p. Rustled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling .]
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.
3.To steal; - used of livestock and esp. of cattle.
To rustle up
To gather or find by searching; as, to rustle up some food for supper.
v. t.1.To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
n.1.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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