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Definition of Rattling

1. Adverb. Used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal. "A rattling good yarn"

2. Adjective. Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers. "A tremendous achievement"

3. Noun. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders). "The death rattle"

4. Adjective. Quick and energetic. "A spanking breeze"

Definition of Rattling

1. Adjective. lively, quick (speech, pace) ¹

2. Noun. rattle (gloss a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another) ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of rattle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rattling

1. ratline [n -S] - See also: ratline

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattling

rattlesnake plantain rattlesnake root rattlesnake weed rattlesnakes rattletrap rattletraps rattleweed rattleweeds rattlewings rattlewort

rattlier rattliest rattlin rattline rattlines rattling (current term) rattling(a) rattlingly rattlings rattlins

rattly ratton rattons rattoon rattooned rattooning rattoons rattrap rattraps ratty

Literary usage of Rattling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"rattling their empty chariots sought forlorn Their noble lords ; but they on earth lay dead, Sweeter to vultures' than to women's eyes ! Clear of the moil, ..."

2. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"[esim. piano- rattling old piano, rattletrap of a piano]. ... in a rattling (1. a blaring) manner; piercingly, ..."

3. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1893)
""We have heard, that during the war with the Cimbri, the rattling of arms and the sound of trumpets were heard through the sky, and that the same thing has ..."

4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies by James Boswell (1799)
"... a tap while the hollow side sounds,- " Up and down leaps the flap, and with rattling rebounds."* I mentioned the periodical paper called " THE ..."

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