Rattle

Quick meaning: Rattle is a verb meaning (transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.

Meaning

(transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, figurative, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
2. (intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To scold; to rail at.
5. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
6. To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away.
7. (UK, slang) To experience withdrawal from drugs.

Example Sentences

to rattle a chain

I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling.

Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy.

Sound but another [drum], and another shall / As loud as thine rattle the welkin’s ear.

Word Forms

• rattles
• rattling
• rattled

Synonyms for rattle

Depending on context, synonyms include rattling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shake, jolt, shaking, noise, stir, tremble.

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