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