Meaning & use
fissle
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To make a soft rustling sound, or to move about restlessly and fidgetingly (dialectal).
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Dry leaves fissled underfoot as they crossed the yard.
The old woman fissled about the kitchen, unable to sit still.
A note on using this word
A dialect word recorded chiefly in Scots and northern English speech, rarely found in standard written English today.
Words with a similar meaning
rustlefidget
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