1. A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
   "The rustling of her dress announced her arrival";
   - rustle, whisper, whispering, susurration [literary], susurrus [literary]
    
2. The stealing of cattle
   "Cattle rustling was a common crime in the Old West"

1. Characterized by soft sounds
   "a rustling brook";
   - murmurous, soughing, susurrous

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"

Derived forms: rustlings

See also: soft

Type of: forage, go, larceny, noise, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], scrounge, sound, steal, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving

Encyclopedia: Rustling