Rattle
verb
Make a series of fast, sharp noises.
The windows rattled in the wind.
Often appears as...
- rattle windows
- rattle doors
noun
A rapid series of short, sharp noises.
There was a rattle of gunfire in the distance.
Often appears as...
- rattle of gunfire
- rattle of chains
verb
Cause (someone) to feel nervous, worried, or excited.
The question rattled him.
Often appears as...
- rattle someone's confidence
- rattle someone's cage
noun
A device that makes a rattle sound, for example, a baby's toy.
The baby was playing with his rattle.
Often appears as...
- baby's rattle
- toy rattle
noun
Respiratory sound in dying or severely ill person.
The doctor heard a death rattle.
Often appears as...
- death rattle
- hear a rattle
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Make a series of fast, sharp noises.
The windows rattled in the wind.
Often appears as...
- rattle windows
- rattle doors
noun
A rapid series of short, sharp noises.
There was a rattle of gunfire in the distance.
Often appears as...
- rattle of gunfire
- rattle of chains
verb
Cause (someone) to feel nervous, worried, or excited.
The question rattled him.
Often appears as...
- rattle someone's confidence
- rattle someone's cage
noun
A device that makes a rattle sound, for example, a baby's toy.
The baby was playing with his rattle.
Often appears as...
- baby's rattle
- toy rattle
noun
Respiratory sound in dying or severely ill person.
The doctor heard a death rattle.
Often appears as...
- death rattle
- hear a rattle
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Events
Use 'rattle' to describe objects in motion making noise due to impact or shaking.
Heavy trucks passing by rattled our windows.
Pro Tip 2/3Indicating Disrepair
'Rattle' often suggests something is loose or not secure, like old or broken objects.
The rattling in the car engine signaled a need for repair.
Pro Tip 3/3Ambient SFX
Writers use 'rattle' to create a vivid auditory setting in stories or descriptions.
A sudden gust of wind rattled the shutters, adding to the spooky ambiance.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Events
Use 'rattle' to describe objects in motion making noise due to impact or shaking.
Heavy trucks passing by rattled our windows.
Pro Tip 2/3Indicating Disrepair
'Rattle' often suggests something is loose or not secure, like old or broken objects.
The rattling in the car engine signaled a need for repair.
Pro Tip 3/3Ambient SFX
Writers use 'rattle' to create a vivid auditory setting in stories or descriptions.
A sudden gust of wind rattled the shutters, adding to the spooky ambiance.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Events
Use 'rattle' to describe objects in motion making noise due to impact or shaking.
Heavy trucks passing by rattled our windows.
Pro Tip 2/3Indicating Disrepair
'Rattle' often suggests something is loose or not secure, like old or broken objects.
The rattling in the car engine signaled a need for repair.
Pro Tip 3/3Ambient SFX
Writers use 'rattle' to create a vivid auditory setting in stories or descriptions.
A sudden gust of wind rattled the shutters, adding to the spooky ambiance.
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Video examples
Why we get mad -- and...
And it's not because they need a therapist, though that does sometimes happen, it's really because anger is universal. It's something we all feel and it's something they can relate to. We've been feeling it since the first few months of life, when we didn't get what we wanted in our cries of protests, things like, "What do you mean you won't pick up the rattle, Dad,
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Benjamin Wallace: The...
And, you know, when we pulled up to a stoplight the people in the adjacent cars kind of gave us respectful nods. And it was really amazing. It was such a smooth ride. Most of the cars that I drive, if I get up to 80 they start to rattle. I switched lanes on the highway and the driver, this chaperone, said,
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Rattlesnake Tail in Slow...
extraordinary it's such a long rattle and particularly rough scales and this is this because it's a very arid environment yeah they're called keeled scales so just helps them move through so dusty sandy nice it's pretty - I've just showed him some of the heat from my hand so he's picked those up with his
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Dan Phillips: Creative...
"Oh, dear. That's cracked. Let's repair it. Let's take it out and throw it away so nobody can use it and put a new one in." Because that's what you do with a cracked pane. Never mind that it doesn't affect our lives at all. It only rattles that expected pattern and unity of structural features.
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Juliet Eilperin: Demon...
rattle and really deliberately try to summon sharks and engage in combat with them in order to bring them back for important occasions they see sharks is very powerful and as entities that can exercise their power both for good and for L and I think that in many ways
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What coronavirus means...
And you know, I can rattle off all that is, what a job that is, and so on. And so, when you have congresses and presidents and they start to say, who will we help, and how will that be, and what will that mean, it gets down to real practical questions.
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How photography connects...
out and I can see his face in terror looking at me saying help me dad I got him the wave break Oh broke over us we got back on shore he was fine we were a little bit rattled but this flashbulb memory as it's called is when all the
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The role of disruption...
to my hair everything changed overnight my worldview my aesthetics my desire to rattle the status quo that I'd already felt outside of as a child my art became more provocative and a teacher tore down my
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Burying Beetles PIPE...
a year and then fall over dead like this poor fella this shrew is no more it rests in peace or does it is this a death rattle or is the shrew actually you know coming back
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Burying Beetles PIPE...
or does it is this a death rattle or is the shrew actually you know coming back to life nope this is still an ex shrew the burying beetles have come they
Video examples
Why we get mad -- and...
And it's not because they need a therapist, though that does sometimes happen, it's really because anger is universal. It's something we all feel and it's something they can relate to. We've been feeling it since the first few months of life, when we didn't get what we wanted in our cries of protests, things like, "What do you mean you won't pick up the rattle, Dad,
Video examples
Benjamin Wallace: The...
And, you know, when we pulled up to a stoplight the people in the adjacent cars kind of gave us respectful nods. And it was really amazing. It was such a smooth ride. Most of the cars that I drive, if I get up to 80 they start to rattle. I switched lanes on the highway and the driver, this chaperone, said,
Video examples
Rattlesnake Tail in Slow...
extraordinary it's such a long rattle and particularly rough scales and this is this because it's a very arid environment yeah they're called keeled scales so just helps them move through so dusty sandy nice it's pretty - I've just showed him some of the heat from my hand so he's picked those up with his
Video examples
Dan Phillips: Creative...
"Oh, dear. That's cracked. Let's repair it. Let's take it out and throw it away so nobody can use it and put a new one in." Because that's what you do with a cracked pane. Never mind that it doesn't affect our lives at all. It only rattles that expected pattern and unity of structural features.
Video examples
Juliet Eilperin: Demon...
rattle and really deliberately try to summon sharks and engage in combat with them in order to bring them back for important occasions they see sharks is very powerful and as entities that can exercise their power both for good and for L and I think that in many ways
Video examples
What coronavirus means...
And you know, I can rattle off all that is, what a job that is, and so on. And so, when you have congresses and presidents and they start to say, who will we help, and how will that be, and what will that mean, it gets down to real practical questions.
Video examples
How photography connects...
out and I can see his face in terror looking at me saying help me dad I got him the wave break Oh broke over us we got back on shore he was fine we were a little bit rattled but this flashbulb memory as it's called is when all the
Video examples
The role of disruption...
to my hair everything changed overnight my worldview my aesthetics my desire to rattle the status quo that I'd already felt outside of as a child my art became more provocative and a teacher tore down my
Video examples
Burying Beetles PIPE...
a year and then fall over dead like this poor fella this shrew is no more it rests in peace or does it is this a death rattle or is the shrew actually you know coming back
Video examples
Burying Beetles PIPE...
or does it is this a death rattle or is the shrew actually you know coming back to life nope this is still an ex shrew the burying beetles have come they
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Quote examples
Red Adair
American Celebrity
It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control.
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Elif Batuman
American Author
When you walk around, you have all this stuff rattling around in your head, things that have happened to you, things you have read. Life is just life, and you get what you get out of it.
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Andre Drummond
American Athlete
Even if I do miss a shot, I found something to keep me calm and not get myself rattled. Once I missed one, I'd tense up and I'd miss the next one, too. So I found a peace within myself.
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Siobhan Davies
English Dancer
The dance world is too small in lots of ways - it's too intense, it rattles around itself, and it needs exposing to other ideas.
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John Lennon
English Musician
Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
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Liev Schreiber
American Actor
Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused.
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Lisa Marie Presley
American Musician
I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage.
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Charlie Haden
American Musician
I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.
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Viv Albertine
British Musician
I like to rattle cages.
Quote examples
Red Adair
American Celebrity
It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control.
Quote examples
Elif Batuman
American Author
When you walk around, you have all this stuff rattling around in your head, things that have happened to you, things you have read. Life is just life, and you get what you get out of it.
Quote examples
Andre Drummond
American Athlete
Even if I do miss a shot, I found something to keep me calm and not get myself rattled. Once I missed one, I'd tense up and I'd miss the next one, too. So I found a peace within myself.
Quote examples
Siobhan Davies
English Dancer
The dance world is too small in lots of ways - it's too intense, it rattles around itself, and it needs exposing to other ideas.
Quote examples
John Lennon
English Musician
Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.
Quote examples
Alexander Pope
English Poet
Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Quote examples
Liev Schreiber
American Actor
Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused.
Quote examples
Lisa Marie Presley
American Musician
I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage.
Quote examples
Charlie Haden
American Musician
I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.
Quote examples
Viv Albertine
British Musician
I like to rattle cages.
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