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rattling

[rat-ling]

rat·tling

[rat-ling]
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.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English ratelinge; see rattle1, -ing2

rat·tling·ly, adverb
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rat·tle

1[rat-l] verb, rat·tled, rat·tling, noun
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


1. clatter, knock. 7. discompose. 9. clatter.

rat·tle

2[rat-l]
verb (used with object), rat·tled, rat·tling. Nautical.
to furnish with ratlines (usually followed by down).

Origin:
1720–30; back formation from ratling ratline (taken as verbal noun)
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rattling (ˈrætlɪŋ)
 
adv
informal (intensifier qualifying something good, fine, pleasant, etc): a rattling good lunch

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rattling definition


  1. mod.
    excellent. (Collegiate. See also rocking.) : Her party was really rattling.
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