rustle

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English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌsəl
• Homophones: russell, Russell

Noun

rustle (plural rustles)

1. a soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves
   • 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2

     He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.

Translations

soft, crackling sound

Arabic: حفيف (ar) (Hafeef) m. Czech: šustot (cs) m. Finnish: kahina (fi) French: bruissement (fr) m., froufrou (fr) m. Romanian: freamăt (ro) Russian: шелест (ru) (šélest) m., шуршание (ru) (šuršánije) n., шорох (ru) (šórox) m.

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шушкање (sh) n. Roman: šuškanje (sh) n. Spanish: crujido (es)

Verb

rustle (third-person singular simple present rustles, present participle rustling, simple past and past participle rustled) (transitive or intransitive)

1. to move (something) with a soft crackling sound
2. to move speedily, especially in the phrase rustle up some food
3. to steal cattle or other livestock

Translations

to move (something) with a soft crackling sound

Czech: šustit (cs) Russian: шелестеть (ru) (šelestét'), шуршать (ru) (šuršát') Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шуштање (sh), шушкање (sh) n. Roman: šuštanje (sh), šuškanje (sh) n.

Derived terms

• rustler
• rustle up

See also

• abigeat

Anagrams

• luster
• lustre
• result
• rulest
• sutler
• ulster, Ulster