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Definition: Rustling |
RustlingAdjective1. Characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren. Noun1. The stealing of cattle. 2. The light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rustling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: RustlingSynonyms: murmurous (adj), soughing (adj), susurrous (adj), rustle (n), whisper (n), whispering (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vanity | Phrase: " how we apples swim! "; " prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Rustling |
| English words defined with "rustling": Armisonous ♦ swish. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rustling for Cupid (1926) A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution (1988) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | When spring comes back with rustling shade and apple blossoms fill the air -- Alan Seeger. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The woods were dark, without any rustling of leaves, without any of those vague and fresh coruscations of summer |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | They come rustling through the woods like autumn leaves, at least ten men to one loon |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Somalia | On May 16, 7 persons were killed and 14 injured in a clash between the Galjecel and Rahanwein clans over camel rustling in Burhakaba. (references) |
Kenya | The great majority of mob violence victims, who died by lynching, beating, or burning, were persons suspected of criminal activities, including robbery, cattle rustling, and membership in terror gangs. (references) | |
Minorities | Kenya | Many factors contributed to interethnic conflicts, including the proliferation of guns, the commercialization of traditional cattle rustling, the weakening of state authority, the emergence of local militia leaders, the development of a modern warrior/bandit culture (distinct from the traditional culture), irresponsible local political leadership, shrinking economic prospects for affected groups, a regional drought, and the inability or unwillingness of security forces to stem the violence. (references) |
Political Economy | Madagascar | The smuggling of vanilla, gold, and precious stones, and cattle rustling continued to be major concerns. (references) |
Kenya | There have been further, if smaller scale, outbreaks of ethnic violence in the Rift Valley and Coast provinces each year since 1997. Ethnic factors play a role in periodic instability along Kenya's borders with Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, where cattle rustling and tribal conflict, combined with the introduction of high powered firearms, increasingly leads to large scale battles and loss of life. (references) | |
Travel | Kenya | The sparsely populated northern half of Kenya is an area where there are recurrent, localized incidents of violent cattle rustling, counter-raids, ethnic conflict, tribal or clan rivalry, and armed banditry. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Rustling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 60.77% of the time. "Rustling" is used about 130 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 60.77% | 79 | 37,388 |
| Noun (singular) | 26.92% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 12.31% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 130 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "rustling": cattle-rustling. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cattle rustling | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rustling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | حفيف الملابس (swish), حفيف (hiss, rustle, sizzle, swish, whish), سرقة الماشية (rusting), سرقة الخيول, خشخشة (clank, clatter, clink, crinkle, jingle, rattle, rumbling, rustle, tinkle). (various references) | |
Chinese | 窣 (rush out of a den), 沙沙" (Rustled). (various references) | |
Danish | pericardiale gnidningslyde (pericardial rustling sound). (various references) | |
Dutch | pericardiaal geruis (pericardial rustling sound). (various references) | |
French | vol de cheveux, vol de bétail, froufrou, froissement (rubbing), bruissement (rustle). (various references) | |
German | stehlend (purloining, stealing, thieving), raschelnd (fissling). (various references) | |
Greek | θρόισμα (rustle, sough). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "מ"ום (hum, murmur, stammer), רשרוש (murmur, ripple, rustle, sough). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zörgés (burr, clack, clatter, clattering, rattle, rustle), susogó, zörgő (rattling), susogás (rustle, sough, susurration, susurrus, whisper, whispering), suhogó, suhogás (frou-frou, rustle, swish, whir, whirl, whirr, whiz, whizz), ropogó (rattling), ropogás (blatter, crack, crackle). (various references) | |
Indonesian | desuan. (various references) | |
Italian | mormorio (breath, hum, lisp, murmur, murmuring, ripple), furto di bestiame, fruscio (rash, rustle, swish). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | さらけ出す (farewell, fluently, Mr or Mrs, murmuring, to confess, to disclose, to expose, to lay bare), ばい菌 (a sure thing, abruptly, bacteria, be dry, disconnected, disperse, divorced, flop, germ, in drops, in pieces, loose, only, perfectly, plump, properly, right on the mark, rustle, scattered, suddenly, to be exhausted, to be worn out, to expose, to kill, to lay open, to murder, to take to pieces, unexpectedly, with a bang, with a clash, with a thud), か弱い (be dejected, body trembling, calculating, chattering, Cheer up!, chipping, clash, clatter, crash, dry or rough feeling, feeble, feel disappointed, feel emotionally drained, feel let down, firmly, frail, frozen solid, heartbroken, lose heart, overly serious, peanut brittle, rattle, rummage, shrewd, slam, solidly, solidly built, something come loose, tick-tock, tightly, tough, with a bang, with a clank). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がさがさ (dry or rough feeling), さらさら (fluently, murmuring), ばらばら (disconnected, disperse, in drops, in pieces, loose, scattered). (various references) | |
Korean | "스락 거림. (various references) | |
Manx | tharmaneagh (loud, noisy, rushing, tumultuous), moostrey (rustle), geid ollagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ustlingray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | atrito pericárdico (pericardial rustling sound). (various references) | |
Romanian | murmur (babble, babbling, Bicker, brawl, chatter, garrulity, hum, moan, mumbling, murmur, mutter, prattle, rhubarb, ripple, rustle, warble), fremãtãtor, freamãt (bustle, commotion, hum, lisp, murmur, quiver, riot, rioting, riotousness, roaring, rush, rustle, sough, stir, storm, thrill, tremor, tumult, uproar, vibration, whir), foşnitor, fâşâit (fizz, fizzle, rustle), şopot (whispers). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | šuštav (sibilant). (various references) | |
Spanish | susurro (murmur, ripple, rustle, sigh, sough, susurration, whisper, whispering), frufrú (rustle), crujiente (creaking, creaky, crisp, crunchy, crusty). (various references) | |
Swedish | prassel (rustle). (various references) | |
Turkish | hışırtı (crackling, crunch, frou-frou, rustle, sough, swish, whisper), enerjik (active, beany, brisk, driving, dynamic, energetic, full of beans, ginger, gingery, high pressure, lively, peppy, springy, vibrant, vigorous, virile, warm blooded, zippy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự x o xạc, sự sột soạt. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | murmur, murmuris. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Rustling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Guestling, rietling, Rosling, Rostyllyn, rusalki, rustning, trestling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rustling" (pronounced ru"sling) |
| 4 | -s l i ng | whistling, wrestling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lustring. | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-l-n-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: lusting, lutings, rulings, rusting. | |
-2 letters: glints, grunts, guilts, insult, lungis, luring, luting, ruling, rutins, sluing, string, strung, sunlit, truing, ungirt, unrigs. | |
-3 letters: gilts, girls, girns, girts, glint, gluts, grins, grist, grits, grunt, guilt, iglus, lings, lints, lungi, lungs, lunts, nurls, rings, ruing, ruins, rungs, runts, rutin, sling, slung, sting, stung, suing, suint, tings. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-l-n-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: lustering, lustrings, resulting, turtlings. | |
+2 letters: blustering, clustering, disgruntle, flustering, granulites, lustrating, lutestring, resaluting, struggling, trustingly. | |
+3 letters: brutalising, delustering, disgruntled, disgruntles, insurgently, lutestrings, multigrains, neurologist, regulations, resculpting, sculpturing, singularity, spluttering, sporulating, sulfureting, unsightlier, unstartling. | |
+4 letters: angularities, blusteringly, centrifugals, disgruntling, disturbingly, fulgurations, gastrulating, gastrulation, granulations, gratulations, illustrating, naturalising, neurologists, neutralising, numerologist, outsparkling, outwrestling, rightfulness, slaughtering, stridulating, subculturing, sulfuretting, transvaluing, triangulates, upholstering, urbanologist. | |
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