Rus·tle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rustled p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling ]
  1. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
     He is coming; I hear his straw rustle.   --Shak.
     Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.   --Shak.
  2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]
  rustling
       adj : characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a
             soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous
             rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren
             [syn: murmurous, soughing, susurrous]
       n 1: the stealing of cattle
       2: the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves
          blowing in the wind [syn: rustle, whisper, whispering]