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rattle
1[ rat-l ]
verb (used without object)
- to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions:
The windows rattled in their frames.
- to move or go, especially rapidly, with such sounds:
The car rattled along the highway.
- to talk rapidly; chatter:
He rattled on for an hour about his ailments.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to rattle:
He rattled the doorknob violently.
- to drive, send, bring, etc., especially rapidly, with rattling sounds:
The wind rattled the metal can across the roadway.
- to utter or perform in a rapid or lively manner:
to rattle off a list of complaints.
- to disconcert or confuse (a person):
A sudden noise rattled the speaker.
Synonyms: discompose
- Hunting. to stir up (a cover).
noun
- a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
Synonyms: clatter
- an instrument contrived to make a rattling sound, especially a baby's toy filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken.
- the series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail of a rattlesnake, with which it produces a rattling sound.
- a rattling sound in the throat, as the death rattle.
rattle
2[ rat-l ]
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with ratlines (usually followed by down ).
rattle
1/ ˈrætəl /
verb
- troften foll bydown to fit (a vessel or its rigging) with ratlines
rattle
2/ ˈrætəl /
verb
- to make or cause to make a rapid succession of short sharp sounds, as of loose pellets colliding when shaken in a container
- to shake or cause to shake with such a sound
the explosion rattled the windows
- to send, move, drive, etc, with such a sound
the car rattled along the country road
- intrfoll byon to chatter idly; talk, esp at length
he rattled on about his work
- tr; foll by off, out etc to recite perfunctorily or rapidly
- informal.tr to disconcert; make frightened or anxious
noun
- a rapid succession of short sharp sounds
- an object, esp a baby's toy, filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken
- a series of loosely connected horny segments on the tail of a rattlesnake, vibrated to produce a rattling sound
- any of various European scrophulariaceous plants having a capsule in which the seeds rattle, such as Pedicularis palustris ( red rattle ) and Rhinanthus minor ( yellow rattle )
- idle chatter
- an idle chatterer
- med another name for rale
Rattle
3/ ˈrætəl /
noun
- RattleSir Simon1955MBritishMUSIC: conductor Sir Simon . born 1955, English conductor. Principal conductor (1980–91) and music director (1991–98) of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 2002
Word History and Origins
Origin of rattle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rattle1
Origin of rattle2
Example Sentences
The wave begins when individual perception of risk starts to shift, when the environmental threat reaches past the least fortunate and rattles the physical and financial security of broader, wealthier parts of the population.
The scandal tainted the bank’s reputation, led to the exit of Thiam in a power struggle, and rattled Swiss financial circles.
They’ll rattle off their top five goals of the quarter or their individual aspirations, she says.
The law came to life in an era when the United States was rattled by wartime – we entered World War I in 1917 – and worried about radicals.
Apple last month announced two important privacy changes that have rattled the mobile advertising industry.
But this time I can plainly hear, through the rush of words, the faint rattle of hysteria that bespeaks a screw loose somewhere.
Rather, the hope is to rattle the cages a bit and make sure that the leadership of the Senate reflects the energy in the ranks.
Their hope was to rattle the newcomer, but the incident just embarrassed the incumbent.
Achtung Baby's ironic astringency was a successful reaction to Rattle and Hum's gauzy sincerity.
He proceeded to rattle off the names of dozens of notable cast members, urging them to stand for an ovation.
It is much more convenient than a lamp, because it doesn't rattle, and you can throw the light on the page so much better.
He will rattle on in Spanish till Herr S. gets desperate, and tries to reduce him to order.
The nerves of our industrial civilization are worn thin with the rattle of its own machinery.
The brazen roar of the cannon is mingled with the intermittent rattle of innumerable machine guns.
Even from where he stood, Kip Burland could hear the rattle of the milk box top.
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