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verb | noun rattlerattle1 /ˈræt̮l/ ●●○ verb ETYMOLOGYrattle1Origin: 1300-1400 Probably from Middle Low German ratelen VERB TABLErattle |
Present | I, you, we, they | rattle | | he, she, it | rattles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rattled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rattled | | he, she, it | has rattled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rattled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rattle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rattled |
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Present | I | am rattling | | he, she, it | is rattling | | you, we, they | are rattling | Past | I, he, she, it | was rattling | | you, we, they | were rattling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rattling | | he, she, it | has been rattling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rattling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rattling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rattling |
► rattled nerves News of the shoot-out rattled nerves in the community (=made people nervous). THESAURUSmove► shake to move up and down or from side to side with quick repeated movements, or to make someone or something do this: Shake the bottle well. His wife shook him awake. ► vibrate to shake continuously with small fast movements: The music was so loud that the whole room vibrated. ► rattle to shake and make a noise: The windows rattled in the wind. ► shudder to shake strongly for a short time. Used about machines and structures or buildings: Cyrus braked, and the old truck shuddered to a stop. ► wobble to move or shake from side to side in an unsteady way: The stack of books wobbled and fell. 1[intransitive, transitive] to shake, or make something shake, with quick repeated knocking sounds: The wind was rattling the windows. Keys rattled in his pocket as he walked.► see thesaurus at shake12[intransitive always + adv./prep.] if a vehicle or the person in it or on it rattles somewhere, the vehicle moves along making a rattling noise: rattle along/past/over etc. An old truck rattled past.3[transitive] informal to make someone lose confidence or become nervous: Nothing rattles him. News of the shoot-out rattled nerves in the community (=made people nervous).4rattle somebody’s cage spoken humorous to make someone feel angry or annoyed → see also saber-rattlingrattle around phrasal verb1to move around in an empty space, making a rattling noise: The ball is filled with tiny stones that rattle around inside.2to live in a house or building that is too big for you or seems empty: Dad and I rattled around in the house after Mom died.rattle something ↔ off phrasal verb to say something quickly and easily, from memory: Mark rattled off the list of movies he’d seen.rattle on phrasal verb informal to talk quickly for a long time, about things that are not interesting: rattle on about Deanna rattled on about her boyfriend. verb | noun rattlerattle2 noun 1 [singular] the sound that you hear when the parts of something knock against each other: rattle of the rattle of chains2[countable] a baby’s toy that makes a noise when it is shaken3[countable] a wooden or plastic instrument that makes a loud knocking noise, used by people on New Year’s Eve and at parties → see also death rattle |