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rustle |
4 definitions 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. t. To cause to rustle; as the wind rustles the leaves. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --Idler. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rustle n : the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind [syn: {rustling}, {whisper}, {whispering}] v 1: make a dry crackling sound, as of silk or leaves 2: take illegally, as of cattle [syn: {lift}]
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