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brustles

brustles is the plural of brustle.

Meaning of brustle

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

Questions about brustles

What is brustles the plural of?
Brustles is the plural of brustle.

Words near brustles in the dictionary

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

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