verb Download 🔗Share To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking. Examples : "Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy." sound action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve. Examples : "The sudden loud noise of the motorcycle backfiring really rattling her, making her jump. " emotion mind sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking. Examples : "I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling." sound action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise. Examples : "The construction crew was rattling the neighborhood with their jackhammers all morning. " sound action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To scold; to rail at. Examples : "The teacher was rattling the students for not doing their homework. " communication language action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering. Examples : "We rattled along for a couple of miles." vehicle sound action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away. Examples : "She rattled on for an hour." language communication sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another) Examples : "The rattling of the old window kept me awake all night. " sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Lively, quick (speech, pace). Examples : "The student's presentation was rattling; she spoke so quickly and enthusiastically that it was hard to keep up. " character language communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (intensifier) good, fine. Examples : "a rattling good lunch" language word style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship. Examples : "The sailor carefully climbed the rigging, using the rattling to secure his footing. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of the cross ropes between the shrouds, which form a net like ropework, allowing sailors to climb up towards the top of the mast. Examples : "The young sailor carefully climbed the mast, placing his feet on each rattling to ascend higher. " nautical sailing technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading