1. Make short successive sounds 
2. Shake and cause to make a rattling noise

1. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
   "the death rattle"
   - rattling, rale 
2. A baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken 
3. Loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

Derived forms: rattled, rattling, rattles

See also: rattle off, rattle on, rattler [N. Amer]

Type of: agitate, go, noise, plaything, shake, sound, tail, toy

Part of: rattler [N. Amer], rattlesnake

Encyclopedia: Rattle Rattle, Derbyshire

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