brustle

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌsəl/

The English word “brustle” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

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

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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