rattle
Meaning of rattle
noun
- A sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.
I wish they would fix the rattle under my dashboard.
- A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.
- A device that makes a rattling sound such as put on an animal so its location can be heard.
- A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.
- Noisy, rapid talk.
- Trivial chatter; gossip.
- 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 rattle of the rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and modified in form so as to make a series of loose, hollow joints.
- The noise produced in the throat by air passing through mucus which the lungs struggle to clear.
- The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel - sometimes occurs as a person nears death; death rattle.
- Any plant of the genus Rhinanthus, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.
- To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy.
- To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
- To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling.
- To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.
- To scold; to rail at.
- To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
We rattled along for a couple of miles.
- To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away.
She rattled on for an hour.
noun
A former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight, usually between 1–5 pounds (0.5–2.5 kg).
Information about rattle
- The plural form of rattle is: rattles.
- Languages in which rattle is used:
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Hyphenation of rattle
rat-tle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- rattle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
rattle synonyms
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Translation of rattle
Anagrams of rattle
artlet, latter, Letart, rattel, talter, tartle, tatler, Trelat
Words that rhyme with rattle
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