rustle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rustle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for rustle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rustle n a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind Synonym(s): rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering v make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze" take illegally; "rustle cattle" Synonym(s): rustle, lift forage food
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. t. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.
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.]