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How to pronounce rattle in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rale, rattling
Type of noise
Has types crepitation rale


the death rattle.
Type Words
Type of toy, plaything
Type Words
Type of tail
Type Words
Type of sound, go
Has types crepitate, ruckle, crackle
Derivation rattling
Type Words
Type of agitate, shake
Derivation rattling, rattler

Examples of rattle

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My memories of childhood are tied to the rattle of corn kernels hitting the pan.
From the denverpost.com
When asked why, all he had to do was rattle off his statistics from last season.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Sounds are delicious and there's not a single dodgy rattle or whine in evidence.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
Try throwing crankbaits, including shad raps and rattle traps with orange color.
From the thestate.com
The picture above shows two of the many oscilloscopes that rattle around my lab.
From the scienceblogs.com
Best baits are popping lures with ice fly trailers, rattle traps and swim baits.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Servers rattle off 3 specials, each with some sort of nonsense sauce or garnish.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Harrell was now trying to rattle me, and frankly, he was doing a good job of it.
From the usatoday.com
The memories of those months rattle me straight to the deepest parts of my soul.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
More examples
  • A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"
  • Make short successive sounds
  • A baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
  • Shake and cause to make a rattling noise
  • Loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail
  • (rattled) flustered: thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
  • (rattling) fantastic: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"
  • (rattling) very: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
  • RATTLE is an award-winning poetry magazine based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1994, the magazine is published by the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation . ...