verb, noun
verb (informal)
1 to make a series of short loud sounds when hitting against sth hard; to make sth do this:
[V] Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. * He shook me so hard that my teeth rattled. [also VN]
2 [V+adv./prep.] (of a vehicle) to make a series of short loud sounds as it moves somewhere:
A convoy of trucks rattled by.
3 [VN] to make sb nervous or frightened
SYNUNNERVE:
He was clearly rattled by the question.
seealsoSABRE-RATTLING
IDIOMS
rattle sb's cage (spoken) to annoy sb:
Who's rattled his cage?
PHRASALVERBS
rattle aroun
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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