brattle

 [brat-l]  

brat·tle

   [brat-l] noun, verb, brat·tled, brat·tling.
noun
1.
a clattering noise.
verb (used without object)
2.
to scamper noisily.

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Origin:
1495–1505; imit; see rattle1
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brattle

verb
make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter] 
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