rat•tle1/ˈrætəl/USA pronunciationv.,-tled, -tling,n. v.
to (cause to) make a rapid series of short, sharp sounds: [no object]The doors rattled in the storm.[~ + object]I rattled the doorknob.
to (cause to) move noisily: [no object]The old car rattled along the back roads.[~ + object]The wind rattled the metal can.
rattle off, to say or perform in a rapid or lively manner: [~ + off + object]to rattle off the multiplication table.[~ + object + off]She rattled her answers off.
rattle on, [no object] to chatter:rattling on about his ailments.
to confuse; make nervous; disconcert:[~ + object]The speaker was rattled by that last question.
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.
to move or go, esp. rapidly, with such sounds:The car rattled along the highway.
to talk rapidly; chatter:He rattled on for an hour about his ailments.
v.t.
to cause to rattle:He rattled the doorknob violently.
to drive, send, bring, etc., esp. 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.
Sport[Hunting.]to stir up (a cover).
n.
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
an instrument contrived to make a rattling sound, esp. a baby's toy filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken.
Reptilesthe series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail of a rattlesnake, with which it produces a rattling sound.
Pathologya rattling sound in the throat, as the death rattle.
1250–1300; Middle English ratelen (verb, verbal), ratele (noun, nominal) (cognate with Dutch ratelen, German rasseln); imitative
1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clatter, knock.
7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discompose.
to make or cause to make a rapid succession of short sharp sounds, as of loose pellets colliding when shaken in a container
to send, move, drive, etc, with such a sound: the car rattled along the country road
(intransitive) followed byon: to chatter idly; talk, esp at length: he rattled on about his work
(tr; followed by off, out, etc)to recite perfunctorily or rapidly
(transitive)to disconcert; make frightened or anxious
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)
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 (2002–18); music director of the London Symphony Orchestra from 2017
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