"rustling" in the noun sense
1. rustling
the stealing of cattle
2. rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering
a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
"rustling" in the verb sense
1. rustle
make a dry crackling sound
"rustling silk"
"the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"
2. rustle, lift
take illegally
"rustle cattle"
3. rustle
forage food
"rustling" in the adjective sense
1. murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrous
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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