Definitions of Rattle [ˈræt l]

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Definition of 'Rattle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) rattle
to make a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds:
The doors rattled in the storm.

2.  rattle
to move noisily:
The car rattled along the back roads.

3.  rattle
to chatter:
rattling on about his ailments.

4. (v.t.) rattle
to cause to make a rattling noise:
to rattle a doorknob.

5.  rattle
to impel with a rattling noise:
The wind rattled the metal can across the roadway.

6.  rattle
to utter or perform in a rapid or lively manner (usu. with off).

7.  rattle
to disconcert; confuse.

8.  rattle
Hunting. to stir up (a cover).

9. (n.) rattle
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds.

10.  rattle
a contrivance that makes a rattling sound, esp. a baby's toy filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken.

11.  rattle
the series of horny, interlocking hollow rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail, with which it produces a rattling sound.

12.  rattle
a rattling sound in the throat, as a death rattle.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME ratelen (v.), ratele (n.))

Definition of 'Rattle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rattle, rattling, rale
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
"the death rattle"

2. (noun) rattle
a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

3. (verb) rattle
loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

4. (verb) rattle
make short successive sounds

5. (verb) rattle
shake and cause to make a rattling noise

Definition of 'Rattle'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) rattle
to produce or make produce a repeated, short, hard sound
a loose part rattling in the engine

2.  rattle
to upset and worry
The rumors have rattled government leaders.

3.  rattle
(of a vehicle) to make loud sounds as it moves
An old truck rattled past.

4. (noun) rattle
a repeated, short, hard sound
The sheep come at the rattle of corn in the bucket.

5.  rattle
a baby's toy that rattles when you shake it
a rattle shaped like a lion

Definition of 'Rattle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Rattle
a rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum

2. (noun) Rattle
noisy, rapid talk

3. (noun) Rattle
an instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken

4. (noun) Rattle
a noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer

5. (noun) Rattle
a scolding; a sharp rebuke

6. (noun) Rattle
any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound

7. (noun) Rattle
the noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See R/le

8. (verb) Rattle
to make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter

9. (verb) Rattle
to drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles

10. (verb) Rattle
to make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; -- with on or away; as, she rattled on for an hour

11. (verb) Rattle
to cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain

12. (verb) Rattle
to assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise

13. (verb) Rattle
hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game

14. (verb) Rattle
to scold; to rail at

Translation of 'Rattle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) make a series of short, sharp noises by knocking together The cups rattled as he carried the tray in; The strong wind rattled the windows.
Afrikaans: ratel	Arabic: يُخَشْخِش	Bulgarian: тракам
Brazilian: chocalhar	Czech: (za)rachotit	German: klappern
Danish: klirre	Greek: κροταλίζω	Spanish: hacer sonar, hacer vibrar
Estonian: klirisema, kliristama	Farsi: تق تق کردن؛ تلق تلق کردن	Finnish: rämistä
French: (faire) cliqueter	Hebrew: לִנקוֹש, לְהָקִיש	Hindi: खड़खड़ाना
Croatian: bučno drmati, štropotati	Hungarian: csörög, zörög; zörget	Indonesian: menggeretakkan
Icelandic: glamra, skrölta	Italian: far tintinnare/sbatacchia	Japanese: がたがた鳴る
Korean: 덜걱덜걱 소리를 내다	Lithuanian: barškėti, barškinti	Latvian: grabēt; rībēt; grabināt
Malay: berdetar	Dutch: rammelen	Norwegian: skrangle, klirre
Polish: szczękać, kołatać	Persian: تق تق کردن؛ تلق تلق کردن	Pashto: ټكول، كړپول، تړ نګول، ټك
Portuguese: chocalhar	Romanian: a zăngăni; a zgâlţâi	Russian: греметь; дребезжать
Slovak: (za)rachotiť, (za)rinčať	Slovenian: žvenketati	Serbian: zveckati
Swedish: slamra, rassla)	Thai: ส่งเสียงรัวส่งเสียงรัว	Turkish: tıngırda(t)mak
Taiwanese: 格格作響	Ukrainian: тріскотіти, торохтіти	Urdu: کھڑ کھڑانا
Vietnamese: làm kêu lách cách	Chinese: 发出格格声
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