rustle

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I don't want to hear the rustle of your take-out bags.

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Quick take

a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rustle gathered in one view.

noun

a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

verb

make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"

verb

take illegally; "rustle cattle"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rustle.

noun

a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

verb

make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"

verb

take illegally; "rustle cattle"

verb

forage food

Example sentences

I don't want to hear the rustle of your take-out bags.

This morning just the rustle of leaves and my clock ticking away.

I think he meant "rustle up", an idiom meaning "to gather", usually at short notice.

Or if he really needs Internet you could pay for the monthly service and rustle him up a hand me down computer.

On a scale of 1-10, this registers a solid 7 on my personal rustle-meter.

If it dies he will ask his fans for one, or rustle through his couch cushions for a few thousand bucks to buy one from a willing seller.

You can rustle up a hundred thousand people to agree with pretty much any stupid idea, nowadays.

I would strongly recommend not saying these things until you've talked to these people.... Anyone can rustle up an addict to scare an 8 year old.

Perhaps go into local schools to rustle up a more diverse selection of people to be the next generation of programmers.

Is he paying for advertising, or has he hired a marketing manager/publisher to rustle up publicity?

My jimmies are at maximum rustle everytime I read an article about boys having to pay child support when they are the victims of statutory rape.

I ended up playing Civ for 3 days straight, and my Christmas dinner was toast, 6 boiled eggs and peanuts... whatever I could rustle up quickly without taking too much time away from the game.

But having the correct attitude is key, and I'm sure you can rustle up at least an hour a day to just play with cool new stuff -- grad students certainly have more autonomy than most people.

It would be particularly cool if you could rustle up something amazing using just the local corner shop, perhaps someone should write one for the cash and carry company that all the corner shops use.

Oh, sure, there will be the odd gun-toting Amazonian survivalist gal, who can rustle game out of the bush and feed her flock, but most women and children will be expecting men to scrounge for food and water and to defend the home turf.