Thesaurus: rustle

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1. v. i. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
2. v. i. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
3. v. t. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
4. 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.
5. n. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
6. v. make a dry crackling sound
7. v. take illegally
8. v. forage food
9. 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.] To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves. 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.
10. n:34/v:66 n. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind v. make a dry crackling sound v. take illegally v. forage food