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The definition of rattle
13 Definitions of: rattle
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- verb, to make or cause to make a rapid succession of short sharp sounds, as of loose pellets colliding when shaken in a container
- verb, to shake or cause to shake with such a sound
- verb, to send, move, drive, etc, with such a sound
- verb, to chatter idly; talk, esp at length
- verb, to recite perfunctorily or rapidly
- verb, to disconcert; make frightened or anxious
- noun, a rapid succession of short sharp sounds
- noun, an object, esp a baby's toy, filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken
- noun, a series of loosely connected horny segments on the tail of a rattlesnake, vibrated to produce a rattling sound
- noun, 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)
- noun, idle chatter
- noun, an idle chatterer
- noun, med. another name for rale
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- verb, to fit (a vessel or its rigging) with ratlines
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of rattle