(~s, rustling, ~d)
When something thin and dry ~s or when you ~ it, it makes soft sounds as it moves.
The leaves ~d in the wind...
She ~d her papers impatiently...
A snake ~d through the dry grass.
VERB: V, V n, V prep
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Rustle is also a noun.
She sat perfectly still, without even a ~ of her frilled petticoats.
N-COUNT: usu sing
rustling (rustlings)
...a rustling sound coming from beneath one of the seats.
N-VAR: oft N of n
see also rustling