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    [Verb]  | "rat*tle" | \ ˈra-tᵊl \


    1: to make a rapid succession of short sharp noises

    2: to chatter incessantly and aimlessly

    3: to move with a clatter or rattle; also : to be or move about in a place or station too large or grand

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English ratelen; akin to Middle Dutch ratel rattle;

    [Verb]  | "rattle" 


    1: to furnish with ratlines

    Origin: 1729 ;

     Irregular from ratline;

    [Noun]  | "rattle" 


    1: a device that produces a rattle; specifically : a case containing pellets used as a baby's toy

    2: the sound-producing organ on a rattlesnake's tail

    3: a rapid succession of sharp clattering sounds

    Origin: 1519 ;

    [Noun]  | "death rattle" 


    1: a rattling or gurgling sound produced by air passing through mucus in the lungs and air passages of a dying person

    Origin: 1781 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "rattle around" 


    1: to live or spend time in a place that is very big —sometimes used figuratively

    [Phrasal verb]  | "rattle off" 


    1: to say (something) quickly or easily from memory

    [Phrasal verb]  | "rattle on" 


    1: to talk for a long time about things that are not interesting or important —often + about

    [Phrasal verb]  | "rattle through" 


    1: to do (something) quickly

    [Idiom]  | "rattle someone's cage" 


    1: to make someone feel worried or upset

    [Noun]  | "rattle" 


    1: loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound;


      * e.g., " ... I'd go nuts if I had to endure the rattle of that bottling plant every day "




    [Verb]  | "rattle" 


    1: to make a series of short sharp noises;


      * e.g., " ... the children tromped through the kitchen, making the plates on the shelf rattle "



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    2: to engage in casual or rambling conversation;


      * e.g., " ... busily rattling away about our vacation plans, we didn't listen to the announcements and missed our flight "



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    3: to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point;


      * e.g., " ... she rattled on and on about all her European shopping trips, but I wasn't really listening "



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     [ "rattle" ]

    1: the physical withdrawal from heroin or other opioid substance. ( U.K. )

      * e.g.,  ... I am tired of using heroin, so i decided to rattle. ... or ... I've been rattling for the last week, but i'm starting to feel better now, as i'm posting stuff on the net. 

     [ "rattle" ]

    1:  to engage in the act of sexual intercourse.

      * e.g.,  ... "he was a good rattle." 

     [ "rattle" ]

    2:  one who is or has been engaged in the act of sexual intercourse

     [ "rattle" ]

    1: a man from whose mouth information, true and false, flows out all day long without consideration, almost without volition. (as defined by C.S. Lewis in Surprised by Joy)

      * e.g.,  ... At first I thought he was trying to fool me, but after a few days spent in his company, I realized he was just a rattle. 

     [ "Rattling" ]

    1: Usually a term drug addicts use when they are desperate for their next fix & are withdrawing.

      * e.g.,  ... "You any gear mate? I'm rattling like a bottle of pills here' 

     [ "Rattled It" ]

    1: When you fail miserably at a task or act nervously or someone has put you in your place verbally making you feel embarrassed.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Hey mate, I hope you haven’t eaten those oranges I left on the side ? Person 2: Are you serious ? I’ve eaten at least 3 of them. Person 1: Oiiiiiii you’ve rattled it !!!! They were mouldy and full of maggots. Person 2: I have rattled it to be honest. 

     [ "rattled" ]

    1: angry and/or upset. a state of unhappiness.

      * e.g.,  ... I am venessa Principe and I got rattled when I got hit in the head by a banana. 

     [ "rattled" ]

    1: can't believe something just happened, shocked, shaken up

      * e.g.,  ... "did you see that? that was nuts" 

     [ "Rattled" ]

    1: Upset, Shocked, In disbelief, frustrated, RATTLLEDDD! Usually occurs when something happens a person did not expect or can't believe happened.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, we were playing ... last night and Scott got so rattled after he lost! 

     [ "Rattled" ]

    2: When someone gets rattled be sure to call them out on it, usually receiving a response similar or equal to: I'm not rattled! Yelling rattled in the person's face or shaking your hand back and forth adds to the effect.

     [ "rattling" ]

    1: Withdrawing from heroin, in need of a hit.

      * e.g.,  ... Alright man, ya got any brandy i'm rattling like fuck here!!! 

     [ "rattled" ]

    1: when a skeleton gets offended

      * e.g.,  ... woah dude you just got checkin rattled 

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