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 Definitions of Rustle  [ˈrʌs əl]  

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Definition of 'Rustle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) rustle
to make the soft sounds of gentle rubbing, as of leaves, silk, or paper.

2.  rustle
to cause such sounds by moving or stirring something.

3.  rustle
to move, proceed, or work energetically.

4. (v.t.) rustle
to move or stir so as to cause a rustling sound.

5.  rustle
to move, bring, or get by energetic action.

6.  rustle
to steal (livestock, esp. cattle).

7.  rustle
Informal. to find, gather, or assemble by effort or search.

8. (n.) rustle
the sound made by rustling.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME rustlen (v.); cf. Fris russelje, D ridselen)

Definition of 'Rustle' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering
a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

2. (verb) rustle
make a dry crackling sound
"rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"

3. (verb) rustle, lift
take illegally
"rustle cattle"

4. (verb) rustle
forage food


Definition of 'Rustle' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) rustle
to make a dry, crackling sound
The newspaper rustled.; the rustle of leaves


Definition of 'Rustle' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Rustle
a quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling

2. (verb) Rustle
to make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves

3. (verb) Rustle
to stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about

4. (verb) Rustle
to cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves


Translation of 'Rustle' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to (make something) make a soft, whispering sound
The wind rustled in the trees; She rustled her papers.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ritsel Arabic flag Arabic: يُصْدِرُ حَفيفا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: шумоля
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sussurrar Czech flag Czech: šumět, šelestit German flag German: rascheln
Danish flag Danish: rasle Greek flag Greek: θροΐζω Spanish flag Spanish: (hacer) crujir; (hacer) s
Estonian flag Estonian: sahistama, krabistama Farsi flag Farsi: خش خش کردن Finnish flag Finnish: kahina
French flag French: bruire; froisser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְרַשרֵש Hindi flag Hindi: सरसराना, खरखराना
Croatian flag Croatian: šuštati, šumiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: suhog Indonesian flag Indonesian: menggerisik
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (láta) skrjáfa (í) Italian flag Italian: frusciare, far frusciare Japanese flag Japanese: さらさらと音を立てる
Korean flag Korean: 바스락거리다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šlamėti, šlaminti Latvian flag Latvian: šalkt; čabēt; čabināt
Malay flag Malay: menggerisik Dutch flag Dutch: ruisen, ritselen Norwegian flag Norwegian: rasle, knitre
Polish flag Polish: szeleścić Persian flag Persian: خش خش کردن Pashto flag Pashto: شډل کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sussurrar Romanian flag Romanian: a foşni; a scu­tura Russian flag Russian: шелестеть
Slovak flag Slovak: šelestiť, šuchotať Slovenian flag Slovenian: šelesteti Serbian flag Serbian: šuštati
Swedish flag Swedish: prassla, rassla Thai flag Thai: ทำให้เกิดเสียงกรอบแกรบ Turkish flag Turkish: hışırda(t)mak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 沙沙作響 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: шелестіти, шарудіти Urdu flag Urdu: سرسرانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tiếng xào xạc; sột soạt Chinese flag Chinese: 沙沙作响

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