The Clue
Oater offense (8 letter answer)
The Answer
RUSTLING
Tags
Notes
The answer RUSTLING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
RUSTLING as a noun:
1. the stealing of cattle
2. (rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering) = the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
RUSTLE as a verb:
1. make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"
2. (rustle, lift) = take illegally; "rustle cattle"
RUSTLING as an adjective:
1. (murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrous) = characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren