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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rustlingnoun

    the stealing of cattle

  2. rustle, rustling, whisper, whisperingadjective

    a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

  3. murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrousadjective

    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

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  1. rustlingnoun

    A series of rustles.

Wikipedia

  1. rustling

    Cattle raiding is the act of stealing cattle. In Australia, such stealing is often referred to as duffing, and the perpetrator as a duffer. In North America, especially in the Wild West cowboy culture, cattle theft is dubbed rustling, while an individual who engages in it is a rustler.

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  1. rustling

    Rustling refers to a soft, muffled crackling sound like that caused by the movement of dry leaves or paper. It can also refer to the act of stealing livestock, especially cattle.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rustling

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rustling in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rustling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of rustling in a Sentence

  1. Debbie Rowe:

    I experience auditory hallucinations sometimes with camera clicks and severe paranoia and have been going to therapy for a lot of things but that included, i'll hear a trash bag rustling and flinch in panic.

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