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

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