(~s, rattling, ~d)
1.
When something ~s or when you ~ it, it makes short sharp knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard.
She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes ~...
He gently ~d the cage and whispered to the canary...
VERB: V, V n
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Rattle is also a noun.
There was a ~ of rifle-fire.
N-COUNT
rattling
At that moment, there was a rattling at the door.
N-SING
2.
A ~ is a baby’s toy with loose bits inside which make a noise when the baby shakes it.
N-COUNT
3.
A ~ is a wooden instrument that people shake to make a loud knocking noise at football matches or tribal ceremonies.
N-COUNT
4.
If something or someone ~s you, they make you nervous.
She refused to be ~d by his ?3,000-a-day lawyer.
= unnerve
VERB: V n
~d
He swore in Spanish, another indication that he was ~d.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
5.
You can say that a bus, train or car ~s somewhere when it moves noisily from one place to another.
The bus from Odense ~d into a dusty village called Pozo Almonte...
VERB: V prep/adv