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# rustle

«rustle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make a soft, light, crackling sound like dry leaves or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (rustle, rustles, rustled, rustling); noun (a rustle)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To rustle is to make a soft, light, crackling sound like dry leaves or paper moving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#m1)

2) A rustle is that sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#m2)

3) «Rustle up» means to make or find something quickly, like a quick snack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#m3)

4) To rustle cattle is to steal them (in old Western stories). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and poems a rustle in the bushes builds suspense — something might be hiding. In science lessons it is a sound word, like whisper or crunch. Phrases: «rustle of leaves», «rustle up a meal», «cattle rustler».

### examples

- The leaves rustled in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x1)
- We heard a rustle in the bushes and froze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x2)
- Please don't rustle your crisp packet during the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x3)
- Mum rustled up some sandwiches for us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x4)
- The paper rustled as she turned the page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x5)
- In the cowboy story, thieves rustled the cattle at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x6)
- Not a rustle or a sound could be heard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x7)

### note

The «t» is silent: RUSS-ul. Past: «rustled». It is an onomatopoeic word — it sounds like the noise it names. A «rustler» is a cattle thief.

### In the corpora

- [At the cinema you eat quietly and do not rustle wrappers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/8/)
- [At the cinema, eat quietly and do not rustle wrappers, because noise spoils the film for others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rustle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.