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rustling
rus·tle R0356600 (rŭs′əl)v. rus·tled, rus·tling, rus·tles v.intr.1. To move with soft fluttering or crackling sounds: The leaves rustled in the breeze.2. To move or act energetically or while making such sounds: Mice rustled across the floor.3. To steal livestock, especially cattle.v.tr.1. To cause to rustle: rustled the newspaper.2. To obtain or produce by energetic effort: rustled up some food in the kitchen.3. To steal (livestock, especially cattle).
[Middle English rustlen, perhaps of imitative origin.]
rus′tler n.rus′tling·ly adv.rustling- soughing - A soft rustling or murmuring sound—like the deep sigh of a sleeping baby.
- frou-frou - From French for "a rustling."
- murmur - Comes from the Latin word for "rustling," and can mean "complain, grumble about."
- psithurism - The sound of wind in the trees and rustling of leaves.
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  rustling - the stealing of cattle larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" | | 2. | rustling - a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the windrustle, whispering, whispernoise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" | | Adj. | 1. | rustling - 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.Warrenmurmurous, soughing, susurroussoft - (of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music" |
Translationsfrusciantefrusciofurto [di bestiame]furto di bestiame
IdiomsSeerustle uprustling
Synonyms for rustlingnoun the stealing of cattleRelated Words- larceny
- stealing
- theft
- thievery
- thieving
noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the windSynonymsRelated Wordsadj characterized by soft soundsSynonyms- murmurous
- soughing
- susurrous
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