FromMiddle English rustelen russelen Old English hrūxlian hristlan hrystlan hristlian ( “ to make a noise ” ) . Compare alsoScots reesle ( “ to crackle; rattle; rustle ” ) ,West Frisian risselje Dutch ritselen ( “ to rustle ” ) ,Afrikaans ritsel ( “ to rustle ” ) ,German rascheln ( “ to rustle ” ) .
rustle (plural rustles
A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dryleaves .Amovement producing such a sound. soft crackling sound
Arabic:حَفِيف m ( ḥafīf ) Armenian: սոսափ (hy) ( sosapʻ ) ,սոսափյուն (hy) ( sosapʻyun ) Bulgarian:шумолене (bg) n ( šumolene ) Czech: šustot m Dutch: geritsel (nl) ,ritselen (nl) Esperanto:susuro Finnish:kahina (fi) French:bruissement (fr) m , froufrou (fr) m German: Rascheln (de) n , Rauschen (de) n , Knistern n Hebrew: אִוְשָׁה (he) f ( ivshá ) Hungarian: nesz (hu) ,zörej (hu) Icelandic:skrjáf n , þrusk n Korean : 부스럭 (ko) ( buseureok ) ,바스락 (ko) ( baseurak ) Maori:ngaehe wawara ngahehe Persian:شرفه (fa) ( šarfe ) Polish:szelest (pl) m Portuguese: farfalhar (pt) m Romanian: freamăt (ro) ,foșnire (ro) f Russian: ше́лест (ru) m ( šélest ) ,шурша́ние (ru) n ( šuršánije ) ,шо́рох (ru) m ( šórox ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шушкање n Roman: šuškanje n Spanish: crujido (es) Swedish:prassel (sv) n , rassel (sv) n Tagalog: kulos Turkish:hışırtı (tr) Ukrainian:шелест (uk) m ( šelest ) ,шарудіння n ( šarudinnja ) Vietnamese: lao xao (vi)
rustle (third-person singular simple present rustles present participle rustling simple past and past participle rustled
( ergative ) [ 1877 ] Anna Sewell , “Earlshall”, inBlack Beauty: [ … ] Jarrold and Sons , [ … ] →OCLC page104 :The next day at three o'clock we were again at the door, and the footmen as before; we heard the silk dressrustle , and the lady came down the steps and in an imperious voice, she said, "York, you must put those horses' heads higher, they are not fit to be seen."
( transitive ) Synonym: rustle up 1921 The Valley of the Sun , page48 :When at last the lumber was piled again in its rightful place, and the boxes of food had been returned to the shelter from which they had been stolen, the two friendsrustled a meal, and then set off on horseback[ …]
( transitive ) steal (cattle or otherlivestock ).to move (something) with a soft crackling sound
Bulgarian:шумоля (bg) ( šumolja ) Czech:šustit Dutch:ritselen (nl) ,ruisen (nl) French:froufrouter (fr) German:rascheln (de) ,rauschen (de) ,knistern (de) Hungarian:zizeg (hu) ,suhog (hu) Icelandic:skrjáfa Ingrian:rapata Italian:crepitare (it) Maori:kikihi tihitihi rorowhio ( of the wind ) ,oraora wara wawara ngaehe ngahehe Polish:szeleścić (pl) Portuguese:farfalhar (pt) Romanian:foșni (ro) Russian:шелесте́ть (ru) ( šelestétʹ ) ,шурша́ть (ru) ( šuršátʹ ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:шуштање шушкање n Roman: šuštanje ,šuškanje n Turkish: hışırdamak (tr) Ukrainian:шелестіти ( šelestity ) ,шарудіти ( šarudity )
to steal cattle or other livestock
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