单词 | to spring one's rattle |
释义 | > as lemmasto spring one's (also a) rattle P1. to spring one's (also a) rattle: to make a warning noise with a rattle or other implement; to give a warning of danger; (also, of an alarm) to emit a warning noise. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (transitive)] > rattle to shake upc1430 clitter1530 berattle1553 rattle1560 rail1770 to spring one's rattle1787 to tirl the sneck1800 1787 World, Fashionable Advertiser 13 Sept. Cooper was impudent, and was going to spring his rattle for being thus molested in his duty. 1812 Ann. Reg., Chron. 26 Mr. Johnston sprung a rattle. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xix. 195 We made him [sc. the rattlesnake] spring his rattle again, and began another attack. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Misadv. J. Nicholson ii. 4 He heard the alarm spring its rattle in the lower story. 1916 Times 8 Dec. 4/5 (advt.) In the silence of the night he hears the top-hatted policeman spring his rattle. 2009 C. Emsley Great Brit. Bobby i. 17 He quickly struggled to his feet, sprung his rattle and set off in pursuit of the man carrying the bundle. < as lemmas |
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