rattling

[ rat-ling ]
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adjective
  1. that rattles: a rattling door.

  2. remarkably good, lively, or fast: a rattling talk; a rattling gallop.

adverb
  1. very: a rattling good time.

Origin of rattling

1
1350–1400; Middle English ratelinge;see rattle1, -ing2

Other words from rattling

  • rat·tling·ly, adverb

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How to use rattling in a sentence

  • Trust, that is, confidence—that is, the thing in this universe the sacredest—is rattlingly pronounced just the simplest.

    The Confidence-Man | Herman Melville
  • While we were talking, there was a sound of firing guns—four or five, rattlingly, as if by a squad.

    Rolling Stones | O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for rattling

rattling

/ (ˈrætlɪŋ) /


adverb
  1. informal (intensifier qualifying something good, fine, pleasant, etc): a rattling good lunch

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