Definitions

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  • noun A form of top (toy) that will spin preferentially in one direction (rattling, then reversing, if spun in the other direction)

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Examples

  • Try a jig and trailer combo in a blue/black pattern or a crawfish pattern, go with 3/16oz rattleback jig with a 4 worm trailer or a crawfish trailer.

    Advanced Bass Fishing 2009

  • Try a jig and trailer combo in a blue/black pattern or a crawfish pattern, go with 3/16oz rattleback jig with a 4 worm trailer or a crawfish trailer.

    Advanced Bass Fishing 2009

  • The rattleback is also known as a "wobblestone" for obvious reasons, and as a "celt."

    Classroom toys: rattlebacks doyle 2008

  • Some rattleback merchants wrongly tout the toy as a model demonstrating the coriolis force.

    Classroom toys: rattlebacks doyle 2008

  • The rattleback is also known as a "wobblestone" for obvious reasons, and as a "celt."

    Archive 2008-07-01 doyle 2008

  • Some rattleback merchants wrongly tout the toy as a model demonstrating the coriolis force.

    Archive 2008-07-01 doyle 2008

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