RUSTLE
\ɹˈʌsə͡l], \ɹˈʌsəl], \ɹ_ˈʌ_s_əl]\
Definitions of RUSTLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
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make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"
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take illegally; "rustle cattle"
By Princeton University
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the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
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make a dry crackling sound, as of silk or leaves
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
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To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
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To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
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A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.
By Oddity Software
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To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
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To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
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To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
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A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.
By Noah Webster.
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To cause to make such a sound.
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A soft, whispering sound such as that made by leaves.
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To make a soft, whispering sound, as the rubbing together of silk or dry leaves.
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Rustler.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman