Rustle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move with soft fluttering or crackling sounds.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or act energetically or with speed.
  • verb-intransitive. To forage food.
  • verb-intransitive. To steal livestock, especially cattle.
  • v. To cause to rustle.
  • v. To obtain by rustling: rustled up some food in the kitchen.
  • v. To steal (livestock, especially cattle).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.
  • v. To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
  • v. To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
  • v. To steal (cattle or other livestock).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
  • verb-intransitive. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
  • verb-intransitive. To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle.
  • v. To cause to rustle.
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make a wavering, murmuring sound when set in motion and rubbed one part upon another or against something else; give out a slightly sibilant sound when shaken: as, a rustling silk; rustling foliage; rustling wings.
  • To move about or along with a rustling sound.
  • To stir about; bestir one's self; struggle or strive, especially against obstacles or difficulties; work vigorously or energetically; “hustle.”
  • To cause to rustle.
  • To shake with a murmuring, rustling sound.
  • To make, do, secure, obtain, etc., in a lively, energetic manner.
  • n. The noise made by one who or that which rustles; a rustling.
  • n. A movement accompanied by a rustling sound.
  • To steal cattle, as a “rustler”; hence to steal, in general. See rustler, 3.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. forage food
  • v. make a dry crackling sound
  • n. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
  • v. take illegally
  • Verb Form
    rustled    rustles    rustless    rustling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    scrounge    forage    sound    go    noise    steal   
    Cross Reference
    murmur    hasten    bustle    to rustle the mail    abigeat   
    Form
    rustle up    rustler   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    steal    rustling    swish    swish-swash    whisper    susurration    susurrus    froufrou    bustle    list   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Russel    Russell    bussell    bustle    hustle    muscle    mussel    tussle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crackle    whisper    hiss    hum    stir    creak    flutter    rattle    rumble    roar