different between justle vs rustle

English

Etymology

See jostle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??s?l/

Verb

justle (third-person singular simple present justles, present participle justling, simple past and past participle justled)

1. To jostle.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Nahum 2:4,^[1]

     The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways […]

   • 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian, No. 106, 13 July, 1713, in The Guardian, edited by Alexander Chalmers, London: J. Johnson et al., 1806, Volume 2, p. 134,^[2]

     […] we justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while.

   • 1776 — Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 759

     Where the competition is free, the rivalship of competitors, who are all endeavouring to justle one another out of employment, obliges every man to endeavour to execute his work with a certain degree of exactness.

   • 1939, Alfred Edward Housman, Additional Poems, IX

     When the bells justle in the tower

     The hollow night amid,

     Then on my tongue the taste is sour

     Of all I ever did.

Anagrams

• Sutlej

English

Etymology

From Middle English rustelen, russelen, of uncertain origin, but probably from Old English hr?xlian, hristlan, hrystlan, hristlian (“to make a noise”). Compare also Scots reesle (“to crackle; rattle; rustle”), West Frisian risselje, Dutch ritselen (“to rustle”), German rascheln (“to rustle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?l/
• Rhymes: -?s?l
• Homophone: Russell

Noun

rustle (plural rustles)

1. A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves.
2. A movement producing such a sound.

Translations

Verb

rustle (third-person singular simple present rustles, present participle rustling, simple past and past participle rustled)

1. (ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
   • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22[1]

     The next day at three o'clock we were again at the door, and the footmen as before; we heard the silk dress rustle, and the lady came down the steps and in an imperious voice, she said, "York, you must put those horses' heads higher, they are not fit to be seen."

2. (transitive) To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.

   Synonym: rustle up

   • 1921, William M. McCoy, The Valley of the Sun (page 48)

     When at last the lumber was piled again in its rightful place, and the boxes of food had been returned to the shelter from which they had been stolen, the two friends rustled a meal, and then set off on horseback […]

3. (transitive) To steal (cattle or other livestock).

Translations

Derived terms

• rustler
• rustle up

See also

• abigeat

Anagrams

• Ulster, lurest, luster, lustre, luters, result, rulest, sutler, truels, ulster