rattle
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ætəl
[edit] Noun
rattle (plural rattles)
- (onomatopoeia) a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another
- I wish they would fix the rattle under my dashboard.
- a baby's toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container
[edit] Translations
a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another
a baby's toy
[edit] Verb
rattle (third-person singular simple present rattles, present participle rattling, simple past and past participle rattled)
- (transitive) (ergative) To create a sound by shaking.
- Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy.
- (transitive) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
- The accident really rattled him.
- (transitive) To cause something to make a rattling sound by hitting it.
- 2011 February 5, Michael Kevin Darling, “Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton”, BBC:
- It was a deflating end to the drama for the hosts and they appeared ruffled, with Bolton going close to a leveller when Johan Elmander rattled the bar with a header from Matt Taylor's cross.
- 2011 February 5, Michael Kevin Darling, “Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton”, BBC:
- (intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
- I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling.
[edit] Translations
to create a sound by shaking
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to scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve
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to make a rattling noise
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