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Definitions and Meaning of rattle in English
rattle (n)
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail
rattle (v)
make short successive sounds
shake and cause to make a rattling noise
rattle (v. i.)
To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.
To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles.
To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; -- with on or away; as, she rattled on for an hour.
rattle (v. t.)
To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.
To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game.
To scold; to rail at.
rattle (n.)
A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.
Noisy, rapid talk.
An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken.
A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See R/le.
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rattle
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders), a baby's toy that makes percussive noises whe
chatter,noise,roar,bang,blare,bluster,brawl,noise,cacophony,clamour
lull,quiet,silence,still,stillness,Calm,hush,silence,quietness,serenity
ratting => ratting, rattinet => rattinet, rattigan => Rattigan, ratter => Rat catcher, ratten => Rats,
