'Rustle' definitions:

Definition of 'rustle'

From: WordNet
noun
A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind [syn: rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering]
verb
Make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"
verb
Take illegally; "rustle cattle" [syn: rustle, lift]
verb
Forage food

Definition of 'Rustle'

From: GCIDE
  • Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. t. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rustle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rustle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle. [PJC]
  • To rustle up To gather or find by searching; as, to rustle up some food for supper. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'rustle'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Rustle'