Rattling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Informal Animated; brisk: a rattling conversation about politics.
  • ad. Used as an intensive: "the guiltless gust of a rattling good yarn” ( Anthony Burgess).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. lively, quick (speech, pace)
  • n. rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)
  • n. Alternative form of ratline.
  • v. Present participle of rattle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of making a rattle, clatter, or continuous jarring noise.
  • n. The act of berating or railing at or otherwise assailing or attacking: as, to give one a rattling.
  • Making or adapted for making a rattle; hence, smart; sharp; lively in action, movement, or manners: as, a rattling rider; rattling pace; a rattling game; a rattling girl.
  • Bewilderingly large or conspicuous: as, rattling stakes or bets.
  • n. A corruption of ratline.
  • Extremely; ‘stunning’: as, a rattling good speech.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
  • n. a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
  • adj. quick and energetic
  • adj. extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers
  • Verb Form
    rattled    rattles    rattling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    toy    plaything    tail    shake    agitate   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    râle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    clatter    confuse    scold    jabberer    scolding    drive    knock   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Battle    Seattle    battle    brattle    cattle    chattel    embattle    prattle    tattle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clatter    rumble    roar    clang    creak    click    hiss    crash    hum    whine