Rattle | Mean of rattle in English Dictionary

/ˈrætl̟/

• Verb
• to hit against something repeatedly and make a quick series of short, loud sounds
1. The window rattled as the truck drove by.
2. The coins rattled in the box.
• to cause (something) to move or shake and make a series of noises
1. She rattled the jar with the coins in it. = She rattled the coins in the jar.
• to make quick, short, loud sounds while moving
1. The old truck rattled down the street.
2. The train rattled by.

• to upset or disturb (someone)
1. The question rattled [=unnerved] the speaker.
2. I was rattled by his questions.
3. He's an experienced performer who is not easily rattled.
• to live or spend time in a place that is very big
1. Her husband died last year, and now she's just rattling around in that huge house by herself.
2. rattle around the house
3. We rattled around Europe last summer.
4. An old song has been rattling around in my head all day.
• to say (something) quickly or easily from memory
1. The teacher rattled off the answers.
2. She rattled off the names of all 50 states.
• to talk for a long time about things that are not interesting or important
1. Grandpa would rattle on [=go on] about his childhood for hours.
2. She rattled on and on about the party. [=she talked for a long time about the party]
• to do (something) quickly
1. We rattled through the meeting.
• Noun
• a series of short, loud sounds
1. We heard a rattle from inside the box.
2. the rattle of machine guns
• a baby's toy that makes a series of short sounds when it is shaken
• the group of hard, loose pieces (called scales) that cover the end of a rattlesnake's tail