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| Main Entry: |
rustle
 [ruhs-uhl] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whisper, swish |
| Synonyms: | crackle, crepitation, crinkling, friction, noise, patter, ripple, rustling, sound, stir |
| Main Entry: | crinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crumple, ruffle |
| Synonyms: | cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, crimple, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, ruck, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wreathe, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed in carrying out action |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, celerity, expedition, expeditiousness, haste, hurry, hustle, precipitateness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rustle, speediness, swiftness |
| Antonyms: | retention, slowing |
Example Sentences
- The turnout for registration was so low that the government had to extend the deadline by a week to rustle up voters.
- It's not difficult to rustle up some possible reasons for all this.
- The lining may also bunch and peek out at the wrists and it may squeak and rustle when you walk.
| Main Entry: | hum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buzz, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | bombilate, bombinate, bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sing low, sound, strum, throb, thrum, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom |
| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed in action, motion |
| Synonyms: | bustle, celerity, commotion, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, flurry, haste, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitation, promptitude, push, quickness, rush, rustle, scurry, speediness, swiftness, urgency |
| Antonyms: | delay, procrastination, rest, slowness, stall, wait |
| Main Entry: | ransack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn inside out in search; ravage |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, comb, despoil, explore, ferret, filch, go over with a fine-tooth comb, go through, gut, hunt, investigate, lay waste, leave no stone unturned, lift, look all over for, look high and low, look into, loot, make off with, maraud, overhaul, peer, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, poach, probe, pry, purloin, raid, rake, rape, ravish, rifle, rob, rummage, rustle, sack, scan, scour, scrutinize, search, seek, seize, shake down, sound, spoil, spy, steal, strip, take away, thieve |
| Antonyms: | care for, clean, neaten, tidy |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thunder, reverberate |
| Synonyms: | bombinate, boom, cannonade, drum, echo, growl, grumble, hum, pattern, quaver, rattle, re-echo, resound, roar, ruffle, rumble, rustle, sound, trill, whirr |
| Main Entry: | speed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rate of motion, often a high rate |
| Synonyms: | acceleration, activity, agility, alacrity, breeze, briskness, celerity, clip, dispatch, eagerness, expedition, fleetness, gait, haste, headway, hurry, hustle, legerity, lick, liveliness, momentum, pace, precipitancy, precipitation, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, readiness, rush, rustle, snap, steam, swiftness, urgency, velocity |
| Notes: | speed is the distance an object travels during a unit of time; velocity is the distance an object travels in a specified direction during a unit of time |
| Main Entry: | stir |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, agitate |
| Synonyms: | beat, blend, disturb, flutter, mix, move, move about, quiver, rustle, shake, toss, tremble, whip, whisk |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
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