rustle
🇺🇸
/ˈrʌsl/
🇬🇧
/ˈrʌsl/
verb
R
To make a soft, light sound when moving or to cause something light to make this sound.
I could hear the dry leaves rustle as I walked through the forest.
R
To steal animals, especially cattle, from a farm.
In the old days, people were hanged for attempting to rustle cattle.
noun
R
The soft, light sound made when something dry moves or is rubbed against something.
The gentle rustle of the paper caught my attention.
translation
To make a soft, light sound when moving or to cause something light to make this sound.; To steal animals, especially cattle, from a farm.
The soft, light sound made when something dry moves or is rubbed against something.
Word Forms
3rd Present
rustles
Progressive
rustling
Past
rustled
Perfect
rustled
Plural
rustles