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adjective
1.
that rattles: a rattling door.
2.
remarkably good, lively, or fast: a rattling talk; a rattling gallop.
adverb
3.
very: a rattling good time.
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Rattling
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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verb (used without object)
1.
to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
2.
to move or go, especially rapidly, with such sounds: The car rattled along the highway.
3.
to talk rapidly; chatter: He rattled on for an hour about his ailments.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to rattle: He rattled the doorknob violently.
5.
to drive, send, bring, etc., especially rapidly, with rattling sounds: The wind rattled the metal can across the roadway.
6.
to utter or perform in a rapid or lively manner: to rattle off a list of complaints.
7.
to disconcert or confuse (a person): A sudden noise rattled the speaker.
8.
Hunting. to stir up (a cover).
noun
9.
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
10.
an instrument contrived to make a rattling sound, especially a baby's toy filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken.
11.
the series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail of a rattlesnake, with which it produces a rattling sound.
12.
a rattling sound in the throat, as the death rattle.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English ratelen (v.), ratele (noun) (cognate with Dutch ratelen, German rasseln); imitative
1250–1300; Middle English ratelen (v.), ratele (noun) (cognate with Dutch ratelen, German rasseln); imitative
Synonyms
1. clatter, knock. 7. discompose. 9. clatter.
1. clatter, knock. 7. discompose. 9. clatter.
verb (used with object), rat·tled, rat·tling. Nautical.
to furnish with ratlines (usually followed by down).
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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