\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.]
1. 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.
2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to
   bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]

\Rus"tle\, v. t.
To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

\Rus"tle\, n.
A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those
made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the
like; a rustling.
      When the noise of a torrent, the rustle of a wood, the
      song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill
      the attention, and suspend all perception of the course
      of time.                                 --Idler.