[
UK
/ɹˈʌsəl/
]
[ US /ˈɹəsəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹəsəɫ/ ]
NOUN
- a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
VERB
- forage food
-
take illegally
rustle cattle -
make a dry crackling sound
the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze
rustling silk
How To Use rustle In A Sentence
- She rustles a couple of black garbage bags in her hands.
- With a nod, Annie pirouetted around in a rustle of taffeta and left the room. Etched in Bone
- These bouchons - a crustless tuna quiche of sorts, I suppose - are delicious warm or at room temperature, with a green salad and a good baguette.
- A rustle in the nearby trees brought Calais immediately back to where she was.
- I picked up the free end, causing the coils to rustle like party streamers.
- The bushes rustled, and around us three more men, all with swords girt at their sides, stepped out.
- I've long suspected thet somebody livin 'right heah in the valley has been drivin' off cattle an 'dealin' with rustlers. To the Last Man
- If I can rustle up the money to send Mustafa and his mother back to Turkey for a big family beanfeast, could you see your way to providing a medical certificate that will satisfy the school authorities? Absolute Friends
- These roadless hills have always been a refuge for rogues and reivers, a lawless area in times past where cattle-rustlers would hide their stolen beasts in secret clefts and hollows.
- After that, there was only the sound of clicking abacus beads and the rustle of papers.