brustle

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɹʌsəl/ Rhymes: -ʌsəl === Verb === brustle (third-person singular simple present brustles, present participle brustling, simple past and past participle brustled) To crackle; to rustle. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle. === References === “brustle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Butlers, Struble, bluster, bustler, butlers, subtler, turbels