rustling
Other forms: rustlings; rustlingly
A rustling is a gentle swishing sound, like the rustling of leaves in the trees on a breezy night.
Rustling can be a noun or an adjective, in both cases describing the muffled sound of leaves or paper. A rustling in the pile of leaves in your back yard might turn out to be a squirrel, and your sister may wear a rustling taffeta gown to her prom — its heavy material brushing audibly against her legs as she walks. The origin of rustling is the verb rustle, which is probably imitative — in other words, a word that sounds like its meaning.
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a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the windsynonyms: rustle, whisper, whisperingtype of:noisesound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
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characterized by soft sounds
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the stealing of cattle
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