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Definition of Rattle
1. Noun. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders). "The death rattle"
2. Verb. Make short successive sounds. "The streets rattle with cars "
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Also: Rattle Down, Rattle Off, Rattle On
Derivative terms: Rattling
3. Noun. A baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken.
4. Verb. Shake and cause to make a rattling noise.
5. Noun. Loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail.
Definition of Rattle
1. v. i. To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.
2. v. t. To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.
3. n. A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.
Definition of Rattle
1. to make a quick succession of short, sharp sounds [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]
Medical Definition of Rattle
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1. A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.
2. Noisy, rapid talk. "All this ado about the golden age is but an empty rattle and frivolous conceit." (Hakewill)
3. An instrument with which a ratting sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattle when shaken. "The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other." (Sir W. Raleigh) "Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw." (Pope)
4. A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer. "It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so much perspicuity, vivacity, and grace, should have been, whenever he took a part in conversation, an empty, noisy, blundering rattle." (Macaulay)
5. A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
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