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]