Definition of rattle

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Rattle (v. t.) To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain..

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Rattle-pated :: Rattle-pated (a.) Rattle-headed.
Rattlewort :: Rattlewort (n.) Same as Rattlebox.
Prattled :: Prattled (imp. & p. p.) of Prattl.
Rattle-headed :: Rattle-headed (a.) Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods..
Babble :: Babble (n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod..
Cackler :: Cackler (n.) One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler..
Sistrum :: Sistrum () An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia..
Rattle-brained :: Rattle-brained (a.) Giddy; rattle-headed.
Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
Pittle-pattle :: Pittle-pattle (v. i.) To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle.
Water Moccasin :: Water moccasin () A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper..
Massasauga :: Massasauga (n.) The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley..
Rattler :: Rattler (n.) One who, or that which, rattles..
Fer-de-lance :: Fer-de-lance (n.) A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle..
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See R/le..
Cackle :: Cackle (v. i.) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Scrophulariaceous :: Scrophulariaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceae, or Scrophularineae), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia..
Talker :: Talker (n.) A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach..
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