RATTLE
\ɹˈatə͡l], \ɹˈatəl], \ɹ_ˈa_t_əl]\
Definitions of RATTLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"
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loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail
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a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
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shake and cause to make a rattling noise
By Princeton University
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a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"
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loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail
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a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
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shake and cause to make a rattling noise
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.
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To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles.
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To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.
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To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
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To scold; to rail at.
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A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.
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Noisy, rapid talk.
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An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken.
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A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
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A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
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Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
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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.
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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 Rle.
By Oddity Software
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To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.
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To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles.
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To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.
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To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
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To scold; to rail at.
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A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.
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Noisy, rapid talk.
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An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken.
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A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
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A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
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Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
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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.
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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 Rle.
By Noah Webster.
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A series of short, sharp, clattering sounds following each other quickly; noisy, rapid, empty talk; a child's toy for making a clattering sound.
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To produce short, sharp noises in quick succession; clatter; as, hail rattles on a roof; to talk in a noisy, rapid manner; as, she rattled on for an hour; to move with a clatter; as, the wagon rattled along the road.
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To cause to make a succession of rapid, sharp noises; as, the wind rattles the shutters; to utter in a rapid, noisy way; as, he rattled off his lesson; colloquially, to confuse or daze.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To produce rapidly the sound rat: to clatter: to speak eagerly and noisily.
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To cause to make a rattle or clatter: to stun with noise.
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A sharp noise rapidly repeated: a clatter: loud empty talk: a toy or instrument for rattling.
By Daniel Lyons
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A clatter; noisy talk; instrument for rattling.
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To cause to give a clatter.
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To clatter; talk rapidly.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To utter in a rapid and noisy manner.
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A series of short, sharp sounds in rapid succession.
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Rapid and noisy talk; chatter.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds ;-loud, rapid talk ; clamorous chiding ;-- an instrument with which a clattering sound is made: -a jabberer.
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