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rattle
What does rattle mean?
rattle (verb): make short successive sounds.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use rattle in a sentence?
- I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce rattle?
/ˈɹætəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does rattle come from?
From Middle English ratelen, of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to rattle
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “rattle” mean?
to cancel, invalidate, annul
Not quite: that's what repeal means.
make short successive sounds
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to mount; to move upwards on
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to make prominent; emphasize
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