English Explanatory Dictionary

brustle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To crackle; to rustle.
  2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹʌsəl/

Word forms

brustle brustles brustling brustled

Etymology

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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