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rustled |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --Shak. Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. --Shak. 2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about [Slang, Western U.S.]
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