Crossword clues for rustled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling.] [AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to stir, make a riot, or E. rush, v.]
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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. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]
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To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle.
To rustle up To gather or find by searching; as, to rustle up some food for supper.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: rustle)
Usage examples of "rustled".
The water rustled, the leaves brushed gently, and occasionally something splashed out in the stream.
The stream rustled along its banks, a thin coating of ice near its edges slowly dissolving into water again.
The water rustled swiftly by, and the aspen leaves stirred restlessly, as always.
Back in the hills I'd rustled stumps and logs for the fire more than once, and was accustomed to carryin' weight.
Sure enough, we hadn't gone two miles when I saw a small clearing near a branch, a small stream that rustled over the rocks, heading for the Ohio and the sea.
It was talked around that he had rustled some cows and stolen a few horses and in the Settlement outfit he was second only to Fetterson.
The Colorado River rustled by out there in the darkness, and beyond the river loomed the Dead Mountains.
Stars hung large in the dark sky, the cottonwoods rustled their leaves gently.
The aspens whispered and somewhere a bird or small animal rustled in the leaves, but they did not come.
Food would be harder to come by, but in the mountains they had often rustled their own food.
His outfit had scattered or rustled herds across seven states in the past dozen years and nobody had ever caught up with them yet.
More than one old-time cattleman had rustled a few head and then put on the coat of respectability, and so could he .
I suspect he'd rustled a few head of steers in his time, and maybe his stock didn't always wear the brands they'd started out with.
Outside, the falling sleet rustled on the fir boughs and on the meadow.
Aside from Hawkes's rustled herd, there were cattle from a dozen other outfits, including those of Tom Sharp.