Definition of rattle

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Rattle (n.) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.

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Clack :: Clack (n.) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click..
Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game..
Prittle-prattle :: Prittle-prattle (n.) Empty talk; trifling loquacity; prattle; -- used in contempt or ridicule.
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum..
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods..
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
Rattle-brained :: Rattle-brained (a.) Giddy; rattle-headed.
Rattlewort :: Rattlewort (n.) Same as Rattlebox.
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer..
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..
Cackler :: Cackler (n.) One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler..
Copperhead :: Copperhead (n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper..
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken..
Twaddle :: Twaddle (v. i. & t.) To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle..
Rattled :: Rattled (imp. & p. p.) of Rattl.
Rattlehead :: Rattlehead (n.) An empty, noisy talker..
Claver :: Claver (n.) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering.
Rattlepate :: Rattlepate (n.) A rattlehead.
Rattle-pated :: Rattle-pated (a.) Rattle-headed.
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