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brustle

/ˈbɹʌsəl/

brustle verb: to crackle; to rustle.

Verb

brustle (third-person singular simple present brustles, present participle brustling, simple past and past participle brustled)

  1. To crackle; to rustle.
  2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
    • Cour. Oh, an Atheist, Sir; he believes neither God nor the Devil.
      Fath. 'Sbud, I'll brustle up to him. Are you an Atheist, Fellow? hoh?1684, Thomas Otway, The Atheist: Or, The Second Part of the Soldiers Fortune

brustle meaning in Bengali

brustle in Bengali

চড়চড় শব্দ করা, মড়মড় শব্দ করা, ভয়ঙ্করতা, অবজ্ঞা প্রদর্শন করা, উত্তেজিত হওয়া

Forms of brustle

third-person singular presentbrustles
present participlebrustling
past participlebrustled
pastbrustled

Origin of brustle

From Middle English brustlen, variant of brastlen, from Old English brastlian, from Proto-West Germanic *brastulōn, from Proto-Germanic *brastōną. Related to German prasseln (“to crackle”). See burst.

Words that rhyme with brustle

Questions about brustle

What does brustle mean?
Brustle means to crackle; to rustle.
What is brustle in Bengali?
Brustle in Bengali is চড়চড় শব্দ করা, মড়মড় শব্দ করা, ভয়ঙ্করতা. See Brustle meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is brustle?
Brustle is a verb.
How do you pronounce brustle?
Brustle is pronounced /ˈbɹʌsəl/.
What is the past tense of brustle?
The past tense of brustle is brustled.

Words near brustle in the dictionary

  1. Brusselton
  2. brussen
  3. brust
  4. Bruster
  5. brusting
  6. brustle
  7. brustled
  8. brustles
  9. brustling
  10. brusts
  11. Brusturi

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