Rustle — Defs

01 v. i. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

imp. & p. p. Rustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling

1.
To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
“He is coming; I hear his straw rustle.” — Shak.

“Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.” — Shak.
2.
To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.[Slang, Western U.S.]
3.
To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle.

Phrases & compounds

To rustle up — To gather or find by searching; as, to rustle up some food for supper.

02 v. t. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

03 n. A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.

1.
A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.
“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.” — Idler.