1. Make a dry crackling sound
   "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"
    
2. Take illegally
   "rustle cattle";
   - lift [informal]
    
3. [informal] Prepare or make food, especially quickly or with limited ingredients
   "He rustled up a quick meal from the leftovers in the fridge";
   - rustle up
    
4. Forage food
   "The cattle rustled in the tall grass"; "The pigs rustled for acorns under the oak trees"

1. A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
   "The rustle of her dress announced her arrival";
   - rustling, whisper, whispering, susurration [literary], susurrus [literary]

Sounds like: ruse, ruesrustle

Derived forms: rustled, rustling, rustles

Type of: forage, go, noise, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], scrounge, sound, steal

Encyclopedia: Rustle