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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Twaddle :: Twaddle (v. i. & t.) To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle..
Chatter :: Chatter (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle..
Rattlewort :: Rattlewort (n.) Same as Rattlebox.
Cackle :: Cackle (v. i.) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
Cackler :: Cackler (n.) One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler..
Rattlewings :: Rattlewings (n.) The golden-eye.
Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
Rattle-pated :: Rattle-pated (a.) Rattle-headed.
Rattlemouse :: Rattlemouse (n.) A bat.
Cresselle :: Cresselle (n.) A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent..
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..
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..
Rattled :: Rattled (imp. & p. p.) of Rattl.
Rattle :: Rattle (v. i.) To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter..
Sidewinder :: Sidewinder (n.) See Horned rattler, under Horned..
Crotalaria :: Crotalaria (n.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
Tittle-tattle :: Tittle-tattle (n.) Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle..
Babble :: Babble (n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
Rattle-brained :: Rattle-brained (a.) Giddy; rattle-headed.
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