Definitions for rustle

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rustle rus·tle

Spelling: [ruhs-uh l]

IPA: /ˈrʌs əl/

Rustle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in rustle (elrstu).

Definitions for rustle

noun

1. the sound made by anything that rustles:

Verb phrases

1. rustle up, Informal. to find, gather, or assemble by effort or search:

verb (used with object)

1. to move or stir so as to cause a rustling sound:
2. to move, bring, or get by energetic action:
3. to steal (livestock, especially cattle).

verb (used without object)

1. to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
2. to cause such sounds by moving or stirring something.
3. to move, proceed, or work energetically:

Origin of rustle

1350-1400; Middle English rustlen (v.); compare Frisian russelje, Dutch ridselen; of imitative orig.

Examples for rustle

There were the sounds of footsteps and the rustle of skirts at the other end of the hall.

Prepared with paper to rustle, rice to shake, and water to ripple.

And then it was time for all four to rustle their programmes.

She rose with a rustle and moved toward the ancient melodeon.

A hinge creaked, but it was no louder than the rustle of silk against silk.

He had caught the rustle of silks, the indignant breathing of a woman.

He could hear the rustle of her clothes as she leaned forward.

It's a shame to allow women to rustle their dresses so near the holy relics.'

It was more like the rustle of dry leaves, but there were no dry leaves to rustle.

It was the rustle of the trees about him, stirred by a gentle rising breeze.