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单词 brustle
释义

brustle

English

Etymology

From Middle English brustlien and brastlien, related to German prasseln (to crackle). See burst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹʌsəl/

Noun

brustle (plural brustles)

  1. (obsolete or dialect) A bristle.

Verb

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

  1. To crackle; to rustle.
  2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
    • 1684, Thomas Otway, The Atheist: Or, The Second Part of the Soldiers Fortune
      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?

References

brustle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

  • Butlers, Struble, bluster, bustler, butlers, subtler, turbels
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