rustled
Meaning of rustled
verb, past tense
- make a soft, muffled crackling sound like that caused by the movement of dry leaves or paper.
she came closer, her skirt swaying and rustling
- round up and steal (cattle, horses, or sheep).
a murdered rancher whose cattle were being rustled
horse rustling is a growing problem
- move or act quickly or energetically; hustle.
rustle around the kitchen, see what there is
late Middle English (as a verb): imitative; compare with Flemish rijsselen and Dutch ritselen . The noun dates from the mid 18th century.
Information about rustled
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of rustled
rus-tled
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- rustled is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
rustled synonyms
Meaning move with a hissing or rushing sound:
Meaning (of leaves, wind, or water) rustle or murmur softly:
Meaning make a soft, muffled crackling sound like that caused by the movement of dry leaves or paper:
Meaning whispering or rustling:
Meaning (of the wind or something through which the wind blows) make a sound resembling a sigh:
Meaning move quickly or suddenly with a rushing sound:
Meaning make a rustling sound:
Meaning (of leaves, wind, etc.) make a whispering or rustling sound:
Meaning take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it:
Meaning be a thief; steal something:
Meaning lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold:
Meaning take (someone) away illegally by force or deception; kidnap:
Meaning abduct (someone) and hold them captive, typically to obtain a ransom:
Anagrams of rustled
Words that rhyme with rustled
beetled, retled, betitled, cuitled, disentitled, entitled, intitled, mistitled, nontitled, preentitled, retitled, subentitled, subtitled, titled, unentitled, unintitled, untitled, cantled, disgruntled, dismantled, gentled, gruntled, immantled, mantled, outmantled, scantled, scintled, skintled, undismantled, ungentled, unmantled, wintled, footled, rootled, tootled, chortled, dartled, hurtled, kirtled, outstartled, snirtled, spartled, startled, turtled, unstartled, bristled, brustled, bustled, castled, epistled
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