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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.
Synonyms: ,
- 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:
- Hunting. to stir up (a cover).
noun
- a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
Synonyms:
- 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/ ˈ°ùæ³ÙÉ™±ô /
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
rattle
2/ ˈ°ùæ³ÙÉ™±ô /
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/ ˈ°ùæ³ÙÉ™±ô /
verb
- troften foll bydown to fit (a vessel or its rigging) with ratlines
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of rattle1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of rattle1
Origin of rattle2
Example Sentences
But the announcement Wednesday rattled investors, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropping 4.8% on Thursday, marking the steepest decline since 2020.
The lack of clarity has rattled markets in recent weeks, driving the worst first annual quarter in three years and erasing gains on the Standard & Poor’s 500 index made since Trump’s election victory in November.
Some of her customers, however, have been rattled by the research.
But soon they'll watch as that container once again rattles its way through the town on its way to another location.
He rattled off all the levels of bureaucracy — internal, the fire commission, the City Council, the mayor — that intersect with L.A. firefighters.
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