rattle : Idioms & Phrases

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Death rattle

  • a rattling or gurgling in the throat of a dying person.
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rattle down

  • verb recite volubly or extravagantly
    spiel off; rattle down; roll off; reel off.
    • He could recite the names of all the chemical elements
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rattle off

  • verb recite volubly or extravagantly
    spiel off; rattle down; roll off; reel off.
    • He could recite the names of all the chemical elements
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rattle on

  • verb talk incessantly and tiresomely
    yack; jaw; yap away; yack away.
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rattle weed

  • noun much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida
    indigo broom; Baptisia tinctoria; horsefly weed.
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rattle-brained

Rat"tle-brained` adjective
Definitions
  1. Giddy; rattle-headed.
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rattle-headed

Rat"tle-head`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
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rattle-pated

Rat"tle-pat`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Rattle-headed. "A noisy, rattle-pated fellow." W. Irving.
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rattle-top

  • noun North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia
    black cohosh; black snakeroot; Cimicifuga racemosa.
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saber rattling

  • noun the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)
    saber rattling.
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sabre rattling

  • noun the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)
    saber rattling.
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To rattle off

  • . (a) To tell glibly or noisily; as, to rattle off a story . (b) To rail at; to scold .
    "She would sometimes rattle off her servants sharply."Arbuthnot.
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To spring a rattle

  • to cause a rattle to sound. See Watchman's rattle, under Watchman.
  • to cause it to sound.
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Watchman's rattle

  • an instrument having at the end of a handle a revolving arm, which, by the action of a strong spring upon cogs, produces, when in motion, a loud, harsh, rattling sound.
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water rattle

Wa"ter rat"tle, Wa"ter rat"tler (Also<
  • Water rattle
  • Water rattler
)
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
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Yellow rattle

  • (Bot.), a yellow-flowered herb (Rhinanthus Crista-galli), the ripe seeds of which rattle in the inflated calyx.
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Yellow rattle, Yellow rocket

  • . (Bot.) See under Rattle, and Rocket.
Webster 1913