death rattle

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noun

a sound produced by a person immediately preceding death, resulting from the passage of air through the mucus in the throat.

Origin of death rattle

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby death rattle

Death of a Salesman, death on, death penalty, deathplace, death rate, death rattle, death ray, death row, death seat, death sentence, death's-head

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Example sentences from the Web for death rattle

All social powers covered the death-rattle of the victims by their applause.
History of the Commune of 1871|P. Lissagary
By the time he reached Dawson the death-rattle had begun to assert itself in the bosom of the boom.
The Last Spike|Cy Warman
As the death-rattle was heard in McGable's throat, Mansfield felt his head fall back upon his arm.
The Frontier Angel|Edward S. Ellis
Then a shiver shook her from head to foot, the death-rattle sounded, the eyeballs rolled upward, and Miriam was dead.
The Unseen Bridgegroom|May Agnes Fleming

And after that there came the sound of a death-rattle, and of a body falling heavily.
The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere|Charles de Coster

British Dictionary definitions for death rattle

death rattle

noun

a low-pitched gurgling sound sometimes made by a dying person, caused by air passing through an accumulation of mucus in the trachea

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for death rattle

death rattle

n.

A gurgling or rattling sound sometimes made in the throat of a dying person, caused by loss of the cough reflex and passage of the breath through accumulating mucus.

单词	death rattle
释义	death rattle SEE SYNONYMS FOR death rattle ON THESAURUS.COM noun a sound produced by a person immediately preceding death, resulting from the passage of air through the mucus in the throat. Origin of death rattle First recorded in 1820–30 Words nearby death rattle Death of a Salesman, death on, death penalty, deathplace, death rate, death rattle, death ray, death row, death seat, death sentence, death's-head Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for death rattle All social powers covered the death-rattle of the victims by their applause. History of the Commune of 1871\|P. Lissagary By the time he reached Dawson the death-rattle had begun to assert itself in the bosom of the boom. The Last Spike\|Cy Warman As the death-rattle was heard in McGable's throat, Mansfield felt his head fall back upon his arm. The Frontier Angel\|Edward S. Ellis Then a shiver shook her from head to foot, the death-rattle sounded, the eyeballs rolled upward, and Miriam was dead. The Unseen Bridgegroom\|May Agnes Fleming And after that there came the sound of a death-rattle, and of a body falling heavily. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere\|Charles de Coster British Dictionary definitions for death rattle death rattle noun a low-pitched gurgling sound sometimes made by a dying person, caused by air passing through an accumulation of mucus in the trachea Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to death rattle rale Medical definitions for death rattle death rattle n. A gurgling or rattling sound sometimes made in the throat of a dying person, caused by loss of the cough reflex and passage of the breath through accumulating mucus. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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death rattle

noun

Origin of death rattle

Words nearby death rattle

Example sentences from the Web for death rattle

British Dictionary definitions for death rattle

noun

Words related to death rattle

Medical definitions for death rattle

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