rattle
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈrætl/
:
sonajero (juguete)
- The baby shook the rattle excitedly, making a cheerful sound.
- baby rattle
- death rattle
- shake a rattle
And they go, I bought a baby rattle because you can't have kids.
- And they go, I bought a baby rattle because you can't have kids.
- Maybe you are playing with this nice rattle.
- We're a baby with a very, very big noisy rattle.
- A little ball, a rattle, A matchstick monkey for the teething, a little like interactive tambourine.
- I had a, you know, I just had really, I had that rattle in me.
- OK, Nate, anxious Nate, baby, that rattler dog, you got that rattle in you.
Examples
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The dancers carried rattles in the shape of gourds, facing the center of the dance grounds.
Academic text (2007) -
The group sat down in a tight circle, and Andrea shook a small rattle to clear the energy.
Academic text (2010) -
And they go, I bought a baby rattle because you can't have kids.
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The air-conditioning vent made a faint rattle as the cold air poured out.
Fiction book (1992) -
Another toy, they have this rattle thing that he chews on and he loves it and it's from the pound shop and it's his favourite toy from the pound shop.
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Authentic instruments (drums, rattles, and flutes) offer a true aural representation of the traditional music.
Academic text (2006) -
Other instruments include tin scrapers called grage, rattles made from tin cans, trumpets, flutes, and drums.
Academic text (1996) -
The priests dance, adding to the rhythm with their rattles (bimpambu) and iron bracelets (nkwangu) (MacGaffey 1991:58-62).
Academic text (2002) -
He was disturbed by the persistent rattle of the loose window.
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The snake's tail produced a warning rattle as it prepared to strike.
Synonyms
46
4.0
A series of short, sharp noises like something loose hitting
5
9.9
A soft rattling sound in the lungs when a person breathes
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
7.8
To do or say something on purpose to upset someone and see their reaction
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant with many branches and bright yellow flowers that grows in eastern North America
- Specialized
A tall North American plant with long white flowers that keeps insects away
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Rattle began the same way, as a word that copies the shaking noise, and then came to name the sound or the object that makes it, such as a baby's toy or a rattlesnake's tail. So a rattle is either the rapid series of sharp sounds or the thing that makes those sounds, often as a 'warning'.