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# rattle

«rattle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make a lot of short, knocking sounds by shaking, or to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (rattle, rattles, rattled, rattling); noun (a rattle, rattles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To rattle means to make a lot of short, knocking sounds by shaking, or to shake something so it does this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#m1)

2) A rattle is a baby's toy that makes a noise when shaken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#m2)

3) A rattle is also the sound itself, or the end of a rattlesnake's tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#m3)

4) To rattle someone means to make them nervous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#m4)

5) To rattle off means to say a list quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a rattle is a sound effect (windows rattle in the wind) or a warning (a rattlesnake's rattle). In outdoor safety, hearing a rattle means back away slowly. Phrases: «rattle off», «get rattled», «rattle the door handle».

### examples

- The windows rattled in the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#x1)
- The baby shook her rattle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#x2)
- Something is rattling in the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#x3)
- A rattlesnake shakes its tail to warn you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#x4)
- Don't let the other team rattle you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#x5)
- She rattled off her times tables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#x6)
- The old car rattled down the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#x7)
- The stage coach went rattling past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/#x8)

### note

Regular verb; double t. Adjective: rattled (nervous). A rattlesnake's rattle is a warning sign — move away slowly and don't touch it.

### In the corpora

- [Real roadrunners do not say «meep meep»; they make soft cooing sounds and loud rattles by clattering their beaks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote/7/)
- [A North American porcupine has about 30,000 quills, and it rattles them and stamps as a warning first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/8/)
- [Rattlesnakes live in Arizona, Texas and many other parts of the USA, and they do not always rattle before they strike.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/9/)
- [The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1083/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rattle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rattle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.