Definition of Rattle

Verb: rattle  ra-t(u)l

1. Make short successive sounds
    
2. Shake and cause to make a rattling noise
    
3. Disturb the composure of
   "Good, it shouldn't rattle him at all";
   - faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle

1. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
   "the death rattle";
   - rattling, rale
    
2. A baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
    
3. Loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

See also:
rattish
rattlebox

Anagrams containing the word rattle

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