RATTLE


Meaning of RATTLE in English

n. 25B6; verb

hailstones rattled against the window : CLATTER, patter; clink, clunk.

he rattled some coins : JINGLE, jangle, clink, tinkle.

the bus rattled along : JOLT, bump, bounce, jounce, shake, judder.

the government were rattled by the strike : UNNERVE, disconcert, disturb, fluster, shake, perturb, discompose, discomfit, ruffle, throw; informal faze.

25B6; noun the rattle of the bottles : CLATTER, clank, clink, clang; jingle, jangle.

25A0; rattle something off REEL OFF, recite, list, fire off, run through, enumerate.

25A0; rattle on/away PRATTLE, babble, chatter, gabble, prate, go on, jabber, gibber, blether, ramble; informal gab, yak, yap; Brit. informal witter, rabbit, chunter, waffle.

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