Associations to the word «Rustle»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
RUSTLE, noun. A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.
RUSTLE, verb. (ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
RUSTLE, verb. (transitive) To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
RUSTLE, verb. (transitive) To steal (cattle or other livestock).
RUSTLE UP, verb. (idiomatic) To forage for, or (figuratively) to quickly prepare, something.
Dictionary definition
RUSTLE, noun. A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind.
RUSTLE, verb. Make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze".
RUSTLE, verb. Take illegally; "rustle cattle".
RUSTLE, verb. Forage food.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.