I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
death rattle
give sth a shake/rattle/tug etc
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She picked up the envelope and gave it a shake.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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Now she was rattling along the empty streets, the horse's hooves sounding sharp and crisp in the silence.
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Michael Lynagh is still rattling along towards the four-figure mark but not at the same rate.
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Rain reduced it to 37 overs a side and the home team were soon rattling along .
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They rattled along the main street of what looked like a typical East Anglian village.
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The train rattled along and we both hung on to the straps looking at each other.
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The car rattled along , crossing the myriad narrow gauge loco tracks that ran between the factories lining the route.
around
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Such nuclei behave as if they have a-particles rattling around inside them.
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What if they have 30, 000 fans rattling around in the Rose Bowl by Thanksgiving?
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Still it's hard to believe the young warlord won't rattle around in his armoury for just the right mace.
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The one I'd considered earlier, but they refuse single people because they would rattle around on their own.
off
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Terry and Ponzo came back and we rattled off in the old truck to meet Rickey.
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He would then rattle off the list.
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There will be Stormy, rattling off one of the jokes that always left them laughing.
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The tram clanged its bell and rattled off angrily into the gloom.
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Yes, they told her, and she quickly rattled off the correct spelling.
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He rattled off the list of headline-worthy cases he was being forced to abandon.
through
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Then come the usual suspects, categories that we can rattle through quickly before announcing the big ones.
■ NOUN
door
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A little wind had been born from the breeze and was sighing in the walnut tree and rattling the scullery door .
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He rattled the screen door and pounded as hard as he could.
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While you can click the 42oG's doors shut with fingertip pressure, slam them and they rattle .
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He looked up as some one rattled at the front door of the shop; irritably he waved them away.
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These went on for several hours, rattling doors and windows almost continuously.
sabre
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The sabre-rattling is empty gesturing.
wind
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The last breath of a dying wind rattled the kitchen windowpane.
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The first cold winds rattled the windowpane, and I had made it just in time.
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Today a wind rattles the stalks of bamboo.
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Pressed against a window, she bullied herself to reach a decision. Wind rattled an awning above her head.
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It was probably the wind rattling some lattice, but she was going to find out.
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A gust of wind rattles the sash window and the draught makes Robyn shiver.
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The wind gusted outside and rattled the loosened boards.
window
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The window frames rattled violently and glass cracked with the sound of a pistol shot.
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The window frames rattled in the wind.
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The windows rattled , the walls shook, and the rain pounded on the roof.
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The wind in the gusts seemed directed straight at the small casement window , which rattled and banged.
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The blinded windows rattle in my pale Bones, the skeleton that never tires.
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In this isolated house, with the elements raging outside, and the windows rattling under the strain?
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Her windows were rattling in the wind, patches of sunlight and shade sped across the view.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rattling good yarn/story/read
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On one level, it is vastly entertaining and a rattling good read.
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We bet the Weatherfield Advertiser was a rattling good read under Ken's editorship.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A battered old Chevrolet rattled past.
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I woke up to the sound of cups and plates rattling, and knew that Dad was already up.
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Keys rattled in his pocket as he walked.
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Monday's earthquake rattled windows and woke residents.
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Nothing rattles him.
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Sometimes, the bolts work loose and start rattling around.
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The windows were rattling in the wind.
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There's something rattling inside the washing machine.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gear changes at 4 a. m. nearly rattled my window.
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I did find the window open, and locked it myself because of the way it was rattling in the wind.
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Once they had done this, they used breathing and rhythmic rattling to induce trance states.
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Steve Merritt in an apparent bid to rattle Clinton.
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The church door was rattling insanely and nothing could be seen through the windows, so fierce was the rain.
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The man from corporates rattled everyone.
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Then come the usual suspects, categories that we can rattle through quickly before announcing the big ones.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I heard the rattle of a key in the door, and knew David was home.
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Just then we heard the rattle of a key in the lock.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A machine gun opened up but its rattle was lost in the second explosion.
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Death rattle is what it was.
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Foaming liquid sprayed above the dancers' heads and fell to the floor with the dry rattle of earth sprinkled on wood.
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Ponyets heard the staccato rattle of the receiver quite plainly.
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Sioux medicine men collected tiny, glistening pebbles from anthills and used them in medicine rattles.
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There was a rattle and a creak from behind me.
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Think about the rattle of the electric trains on their way to Southfields and Putney.