rus·tle  (r ŭs əl)
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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.]
rustler n. rustling·ly adv. |