Rustle /(?)/

Rus·tle

Rustle

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Rustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling

  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.
    Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.
  2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]
  3. To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle.

Phrases & Compounds
To rustle up
To gather or find by searching; as, to rustle up some food for supper.

Rustle

v. t.
  1. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

Rustle

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.