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Definitions for Rattling

[1] that rattles: a rattling door.
[2] remarkably good, lively, or fast: a rattling talk; a rattling gallop.
[3] very: a rattling good time.
[4] to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
[5] to move or go, especially rapidly, with such sounds: The car rattled along the highway.
[6] to talk rapidly; chatter: He rattled on for an hour about his ailments.
[7] to cause to rattle: He rattled the doorknob violently.
[8] to drive, send, bring, etc., especially rapidly, with rattling sounds: The wind rattled the metal can across the roadway.
[9] to utter or perform in a rapid or lively manner: to rattle off a list of complaints.
[10] to disconcert or confuse (a person): A sudden noise rattled the speaker.
[11] Hunting . to stir up (a cover).
[12] a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
[13] an instrument contrived to make a rattling sound, especially a baby's toy filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken.
[14] the series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail of a rattlesnake, with which it produces a rattling sound.
[15] a rattling sound in the throat, as the death rattle.
[16] to furnish with ratlines (usually followed by down ).
[17] informal (intensifier qualifying something good, fine, pleasant, etc) a rattling good lunch
[18] Sir Simon . born 1955, English conductor. Principal conductor (1980–91) and music director (1991–98) of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 2002
[19] to make or cause to make a rapid succession of short sharp sounds, as of loose pellets colliding when shaken in a container
[20] to shake or cause to shake with such a sound the explosion rattled the windows
[21] to send, move, drive, etc, with such a sound the car rattled along the country road
[22] (intr foll by on ) to chatter idly; talk, esp at length he rattled on about his work
[23] (tr ; foll by off, out etc ) to recite perfunctorily or rapidly
[24] (tr) informal to disconcert; make frightened or anxious
[25] a rapid succession of short sharp sounds
[26] an object, esp a baby's toy, filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken
[27] a series of loosely connected horny segments on the tail of a rattlesnake, vibrated to produce a rattling sound
[28] 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 )
[29] idle chatter
[30] an idle chatterer
[31] med another name for rale
[32] (tr often foll by down ) to fit (a vessel or its rigging) with ratlines

Words related to Rattling

knock, shatter, jar, jolt, bounce, vibrate, shake, disturb, bewilder, faze, frighten, bother, unnerve, confuse, distract, confound, embarrass, scare, sound, jangle

Words nearby Rattling

rattlesnake master, rattlesnake plantain, rattlesnake root, rattlesnake weed, rattletrap, rattling, rattly, ratton, rattoon, rattrap, ratty

Origin of Rattling

e21720–30; back formation from ratling ratline (taken as verbal noun)

Other words from Rattling

rat·tling·ly , adverb

Word origin for Rattling

eC18: back formation from rattling , variant of ratline

Synonyms for Rattling

bounce, jar, jolt, knock, shake, shatter, vibrate, bicker, clack, clatter, drum, jangle, jounce, sound