rattlety

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Interjection

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rattlety

  1. A rattling sound.
    • 1824, The Literary Chronicle for the Year 1824, page 283:
      Rattlety bang, and clattery clang; / And rattlety, clattery bang, they go!
    • 1973, Grace K. Pratt-Butler, Let Them Write Creatively, page 49:
      Rattlety, rattlety, rat, / Rattlety, rattlety, rat, / Their feet go tat, tat. / Slide, slide, bump, bump, / Slide, slide, thump, thump.