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rustling

rust·ling

US/ˈrʌslɪŋ/ fairly common
noun (2) adjective (1)

noun

1.

the stealing of cattle

2.

the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

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adjective

1.

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
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Origin

From Middle English *rustlynge, rustland, from Old English hrīstlende, *hrȳstlende, present participle of Old English *hrȳstlan (“to rustle”), equivalent to rustle + -ing.

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