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rustling |
2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rustling adj : characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren [syn: {murmurous}, {soughing}, {susurrous}] n 1: the stealing of cattle 2: the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind [syn: {rustle}, {whisper}, {whispering}]
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