something that rattles
an informal name for rattlesnake
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rat•tler
(rat′lər),USA pronunciation n.
- Reptilesa rattlesnake.
- a person or thing that rattles.
- Informal Termsa fast freight train.
- 1400–50; late Middle English; see rattle1, -er1
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