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Pronunciation : Rus"tle
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to stir, make a riot, or E. rush, v.]
Definition : 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.]

i. [imp. & p. p. Rustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rus"tle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rus"tle
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913