"brustle" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹʌsəl/ Forms: brustles [present, singular, third-person], brustling [participle, present], brustled [participle, past], brustled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌsəl Etymology: From Middle English brustlien and brastlien, related to German prasseln (“to crackle”). See burst. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|brustlien}} Middle English brustlien, {{cog|de|prasseln||to crackle}} German prasseln (“to crackle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} brustle (third-person singular simple present brustles, present participle brustling, simple past and past participle brustled)
  1. To crackle; to rustle.
    Sense id: en-brustle-en-verb-PU9AMFhr
  2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
    Sense id: en-brustle-en-verb-dahcFr8G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

Inflected forms

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