rustled

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.
   • 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."[1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 104
2. (transitive) To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
   • 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 […]1921, William M. McCoy, The Valley of the Sun, page 48

   Synonyms:

   rustle up

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

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