rattly
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rattly
Example Sentences
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In the era of big American cars and big American engines, he said, consumers thought the Crown lacked power and felt rattly.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
The bill clacking of juveniles “is a rattly clattering sound, like people clapping sticks together,” Neufeld-Kaiser said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
As a whole, it can feel a little rattly.
From The Verge ● Mar. 18, 2022
This comedy throws that rattly engine into reverse.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2016
My favorite place to walk is just across this rattly bridge where the road curves by the old Shiloh schoolhouse and follows the river.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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