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 Definitions of rattling  [ˈræt lɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'rattling' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) rattling
brisk:
a rattling pace.

2.  rattling
splendid; fine.

3. (adv.) rattling
very:
a rattling good time.

Etymology:  (1350–1400)

Definition of 'rattling' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) 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. (adj) fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous
extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers
"a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"

3. (adverb) alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
quick and energetic
"a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

4. (adverb) very, really, real, rattling
used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
"she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"


Definition of 'rattling' Webster Dictionary 

1.  rattling
of Rattle


Translation of 'rattling' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: fast; lively
The car travelled at a rattling pace.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vinnige, blitsige Arabic flag Arabic: سَريع، مُجَلْجِل، مُحْدِث Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: жив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: apressado Czech flag Czech: svižný German flag German: rasend
Danish flag Danish: høj Greek flag Greek: γοργός, ζωηρός Spanish flag Spanish: vertiginoso, a gran veloc
Estonian flag Estonian: pöörane Farsi flag Farsi: خیلی تند؛ پرشتاب Finnish flag Finnish: nopea
French flag French: (grande) vitesse Hebrew flag Hebrew: מָלֵא חָיִים, מָהִיר Hindi flag Hindi: तीव्र, तेज
Croatian flag Croatian: brzo, snažno Hungarian flag Hungarian: erőteljes Indonesian flag Indonesian: cepat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: snöggur, snar Italian flag Italian: veloce Japanese flag Japanese: 速い
Korean flag Korean: 매우 빠른 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: smarkus Latvian flag Latvian: liels; lielisks; kolosāls
Malay flag Malay: laju Dutch flag Dutch: levendig Norwegian flag Norwegian: svært rask; livlig, gøyal
Polish flag Polish: dziarski Persian flag Persian: خیلی تند؛ پرشتاب Pashto flag Pashto: ډير تيز
Portuguese flag Portuguese: apressado Romanian flag Romanian: alert; cu mare viteză Russian flag Russian: быстрый, энергичный
Slovak flag Slovak: svižný, rezký Slovenian flag Slovenian: hiter Serbian flag Serbian: brz
Swedish flag Swedish: rasande Thai flag Thai: รวดเร็ว Turkish flag Turkish: hızlı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 快速的,輕快的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: швидкий Urdu flag Urdu: تیز طرار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhanh; huyên náo Chinese flag Chinese: 快速的,活跃的,很好的

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