Rustle

v. i.	1.	To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves. [imp. & p. p. Rustled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling .] 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.
	3.	To steal; - used of livestock and esp. of cattle. To rustle up To gather or find by searching; as, to rustle up some food for supper.
v. t.	1.	To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
n.	1.	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.

Noun	1.	rustle - the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind Synonyms: whispering, rustling, whisper
Verb	1.	rustle - make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"
	2.	rustle - take illegally; "rustle cattle" Synonyms: lift

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