brustle

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/ˈbɹʌsəl/

verb

To crackle; to rustle.

OriginMiddle English brustlen ← Old English brastlian ← Proto-West Germanic *brastulōn →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person brustles · participle present brustling · participle past brustled · past 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

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*brastōną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*brastulōn
  3. Old Englishbrastlian
  4. Middle Englishbrustlen
  5. Englishbrustle

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with brustle

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Anagrams

blusterStrublebustlerUlbster
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brustle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brustle.

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