rattlyadj.
/ˈratl̩i/, /ˈratli/, U.S. /ˈrædl̩i/ Characterized by rattling; that rattles; old and rickety.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > rattling
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1881 M. L. Molesworth Adv. Herr Baby iv. 73 Baby was very pleased to get..out of rumbly, rattly noise.
1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 21 Their little long wooden carts, light and rattly as possible.
1930 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 24 Apr. 11/1 Eve climbed into the rattly old buggy behind the fat old horse.
1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 18 June 3/1 In 1930, 1934, and 1936 the drought ruined countless families, who fled eastwards in their rattly flivvers or westwards towards California.
1989 S. Bradfield Hist. Luminous Motion (1990) xiv. 118 He held an untwisted paperclip in one hand, and peered into a tiny round hole of the rattly aluminum doorknob.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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