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Rattling

verb
Word Frequency: 1.3

Definitions

1.verbTo create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
"Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy."
2.verbTo scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
3.verbTo make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
"I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling."
4.verbTo assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.
5.verbTo scold; to rail at.
6.verbTo drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
"We rattled along for a couple of miles."
7.verbTo make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away.
"She rattled on for an hour."
8.nounRattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)
9.adjectiveLively, quick (speech, pace).
10.adjective(intensifier) good, fine.
"a rattling good lunch"

Synonyms

zippylivelybriskenergeticmerrytremendousmarvelouswonderfulwondrousextraordinarysnappyfantastic

Rhymes With

prattlinggatlingbattlingfatlingtattlingflatlingbattle hungcat lung
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