Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Animated; brisk.
- adverb Used as an intensive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A corruption of ratline.
- Making or adapted for making a rattle; hence, smart; sharp; lively in action, movement, or manners: as, a rattling rider; rattling pace; a rattling game; a rattling girl.
- Bewilderingly large or conspicuous: as, rattling stakes or bets.
- noun The act of making a rattle, clatter, or continuous jarring noise.
- noun The act of berating or railing at or otherwise assailing or attacking: as, to give one a rattling.
- Extremely; ‘stunning’: as, a rattling good speech.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
lively ,quick (speech, pace) - noun
rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another) - noun nautical Alternative form of
ratline . - verb Present participle of
rattle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
- adjective quick and energetic
- adjective extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers
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Examples
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I wish you would continue to give me any fugitive ideas or remarks which may occur to you in the course of your reading; and what you call your rattling way is that of all others which pleases me the most.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr Davis, Matthew L 1836
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I wish you would continue to give me any fugitive ideas or remarks which may occur to you in the course of your reading; and what you call your rattling way is that of all others which pleases me the most.
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I wish you would continue to give me any fugitive ideas or remarks which may occur to you in the course of your reading; and what you call your rattling way is that of all others which pleases me the most.
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[Cue: Shrieking and chain rattling, and ominous insane pipe organ music fading in the wind ....]
Chris Weigant: Terrifying Hallowe'en Nightmares, Left And Right Chris Weigant 2010
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You know absolutely nothing about North Korea, and I agree with Observer – the only way they are going to quit saber-rattling is if we carpet bomb every government facility in North Korea.
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It is filled with enough fun facts and brain rattling memories that it makes for a solid cover to cover read that will put you in the right holiday frame of mind.
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Slaton White's article in the October issue of F&S on rattling is the textbook example of how to rattle.
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[Cue: Shrieking and chain rattling, and ominous insane pipe organ music fading in the wind ....]
Chris Weigant: Terrifying Hallowe'en Nightmares, Left And Right Chris Weigant 2010
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Slaton White's article in the October issue of F&S on rattling is the textbook example of how to rattle.
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And in the rut rattling is one of the best ways to bring in the giants, that is if they arent with a doe!
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January 2, 2013