rustling
noun
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L327013 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L340084 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From Middle English rusteling, roustlyge, equivalent to rustle + -ing.
- A series of rustles.
“I hear a rustling in the bushes off to my right, and my trigger finger spasms.”
“The time in the paintings is also deepened by furtive movements and rustlings, mostly thanks to Bonnard’s figures.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English *rustlynge, rustland, from Old English hrīstlende, *hrȳstlende, present participle of Old English *hrȳstlan (“to rustle”), equivalent to rustle + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of rustle