rattling

[rat-ling]

adjective

1. that rattles: rattle.

   a rattling door.

2. remarkably good, lively, or fast.

   a rattling talk; a rattling gallop.

adverb

1. very.

   a rattling good time.

rattling

/ ˈrætlɪŋ /

adverb

1. informal,  (intensifier qualifying something good, fine, pleasant, etc)

   a rattling good lunch

Other Word Forms

• rattlingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of rattling¹

1350–1400; Middle English ratelinge; rattle ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Instead, she sat and watched the shadows play on the wall, leaping and twirling to the steady beat of the princess’s rattling breath.

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It’s all a bit rattling to typography nerds, some of whom don’t want to see their art form used by businesses to font-wash their reputations.

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Back onstage, the sensory overload was total: the roar of the crowd, the strobing lights, the sub-bass rattling through their bodies.

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An earthquake that rates a 5 on the scale is strong enough to be felt by everyone, rattling dishes and waking sleepers in their beds.

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The most unsettling loose thought rattling around his mind was that Morgan Stanley was about to go under.

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