rattle

IPA: rˈætʌɫ

Object that rattles.
Any of various plants of the genera Rhinanthus and Pedicularis, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.
A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.
(music) A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.
(zoology) The set of rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail which produce a rattling sound.
Rattling sound.
(onomatopoeia) A rapid succession of percussive sounds, as made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.
(now rare) Noisy, rapid talk; babble.
(uncountable, now rare) Trivial chatter; gossip.
A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
(obsolete) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
A rough noise produced in the throat by air passing through obstructed airways; croup; a death rattle.
(historical units of measure) Alternative form of rottol: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight usually equal to 1–5 lb (0.5–2.5 kg). [(historical units of measure) A former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight, usually between 1–5 pounds (0.5–2.5 kg).]

(transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
(transitive, figurative, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
(intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
(transitive, obsolete) To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
(transitive, obsolete) To scold; to rail at.
To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away.
(UK, slang) To experience withdrawal from drugs.

Examples of "rattle" in Sentences

The best time to rattle is late Oct thru mid Nov, I've found.
The rattle is fairly quiet, too, and can only be heard from a few feet away.
The best time to rattle is the few days before does start becoming receptive to bucks.
Much like the lead weight hitting glass balls or some Texas rigged worms or rattles in rattle traps, sound gets attention.
But, Lynnda, check this out ... * rattle rattle CLANK RATTLE rattle CLANK rattle* Don't you think you should do something about that?
Yet it was a shift in the entire base of fan culture, rather than a simple realisation that rattles were annoying, that removed the rattle from the terraces.
The normal early morning gun was sending its normal shell at intervals ranging up the long valley -- _rattle, rattle, rattle_, until the echo died away up the slopes, like that of a vanishing railway train, or the long-drawn bark of a dog.