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rustle

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1. rustle - Noun

2. rustle - Verb

Meaning

To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.

To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.

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rustle cattle Source: Internet

rustling silk Source: Internet

the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze Source: Internet

A gentle sea breeze started to rustle the water. Source: Internet

In the videos, branding is highlighted, and thought is given to the experience of the garments: Calderoni stretches in a sheer lace pajama, a diaphanous dress is set aloft from a balcony, and pearl beads rustle on a skirt fringe. Source: Internet

I fell in love with the way the peeling bark and bare limbs of the sycamore reveal a ghost tree reaching for the sky, and the way the faded beech leaves cling to their branches and rustle in the wind like castanets. Source: Internet

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