rattler
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈrætlər/
- US
:
serpiente de cascabel
- While hiking in the mountains, I spotted a dangerous rattler sunbathing on a rock.
- timber rattler
- diamondback rattler
- canebrake rattler
Now we're dealing with rattlers out there, Pumas, there's some serious animals out there, some buzzards.
- Now we're dealing with rattlers out there, Pumas, there's some serious animals out there, some buzzards.
Examples
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In the first hour, they surprised three deer and stopped to kill a rattler.
Fiction book (2002) -
The ground around him is filled with rattlers, taking in the sunshine.
Fiction book (1994) -
"I thought there was a rattler in the Rose Garden!"
Fiction book (2002) -
I saw a rattler in the meadow when I brought the note.
Fiction book (1992) -
" It was a diamond-backed rattler," he added.
Fiction book (1990) -
Remember when Duke reached down with his hand into that hole full of rattlers?
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Half a dozen rattlers are moving out of the sack now.
Fiction book (1994) -
You aren't afraid of rattlers, are you?
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A few rattlers hiss and slither out of the way.
Fiction book (1994) -
Snuffy was a steady beast who would step over a prairie rattler without so much as a shudder.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
427
1.0
A long animal without legs covered in scales that sometimes has poison
42
4.1
A dangerous snake from America with a rattle on its tail that warns others
Compounds
A large venomous rattlesnake like a timber rattlesnake that lives in southeastern United States forests and cane fields
A small snake with a rattle that can give a dangerous bite in the southeastern United States
How Noisy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rattler comes from the common English word rattle, which means 'to make short, sharp sounds', plus the ending -er meaning 'one who does something'. So, a rattler is literally 'one that rattles', the snake that shakes the hard rings at the end of its tail to make a warning noise.