Rattling

Quick meaning: Rattling is an adjective meaning Lively, quick (speech, pace).

Meaning

Lively, quick (speech, pace).

More Meanings

1. present participle and gerund of rattle
2. rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)
3. (nautical) Alternative form of ratline.
4. (dated, intensifier) good, fine.

Example Sentences

a rattling good lunch

To say the truth, Sophia, when very young, discerned that Tom, though an idle, thoughtless, rattling rascal, was nobody's enemy but his own […]

'I'd like nothing better this minute,' said Mr Browne stoutly, 'than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.'

“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”

Word Forms

• rattlings

Synonyms for rattling

Depending on context, synonyms include brisk, tremendous, marvelous, wondrous, energetic, rattle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include zippy, lively, brisk, energetic, merry, tremendous.

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