rustle(n = noun.event) rustling, whisper, whispering - a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind;
is a kind of noise
Derived form verb rustle₁

1.  rustle(v = verb.perception) - make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"
is one way to go, sound
Derived forms noun rustle₁, noun rustling₂
Sample sentences: You can hear animals rustle in the meadows; The meadows rustle with animals

2.  rustle(v = verb.possession) lift - take illegally; "rustle cattle"
is one way to steal
Derived forms noun rustler₁, noun rustling₁
Sample sentences: They rustle the animals

3.  rustle(v = verb.possession) - forage food;
is one way to forage, scrounge
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

1.  To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves. [1913 Webster]
"He is coming; I hear his straw rustle." [1913 Webster]
"Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk." [1913 Webster]

2.  To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [1913 Webster]

3.  To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle. [PJC]

   To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves. [1913 Webster]

   A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling. [1913 Webster]
"When the noise of a torrent, the rustle of a wood, the song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill the attention, and suspend all perception of the course of time." [1913 Webster]

rustle, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. & tr. make or cause to make a gentle sound as of dry leaves blown in a breeze.
2 intr. (often foll. by along etc.) move with a rustling sound.
3 tr. (also absol.) steal (cattle or horses).
4 intr. US colloq. hustle.
--n. a rustling sound or movement.

Idiom:
rustle up colloq. produce quickly when needed.

Derivative:
rustler n. (esp. in sense 3 of v.).

Etymology:
ME rustel etc. (imit.): cf. obs. Flem. ruysselen, Du. ritselen

VB  hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle, fizz, fizzle, wheeze, whistle, snuffle, squash, sneeze, sizzle, swish.