Definition of rattle

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Rattle (v. i.) To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter..

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Rattlehead :: Rattlehead (n.) An empty, noisy talker..
Cackle :: Cackle (v. i.) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise..
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum..
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) Noisy, rapid talk..
Prattlement :: Prattlement (n.) Prattle.
Copperhead :: Copperhead (n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper..
Prittle-prattle :: Prittle-prattle (n.) Empty talk; trifling loquacity; prattle; -- used in contempt or ridicule.
Cackle :: Cackle (n.) Idle talk; silly prattle.
Crotaline :: Crotaline (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family..
Jingle :: "Jingle (n.) That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle..
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
Chitchat :: Chitchat (n.) Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken..
Scrophulariaceous :: Scrophulariaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceae, or Scrophularineae), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia..
Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..
Solenoglypha :: Solenoglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang..
Rattlemouse :: Rattlemouse (n.) A bat.
Crotalaria :: Crotalaria (n.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain..
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