Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Rattling or likely to rattle; clattering.
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- adjective That
rattles .
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Examples
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Yes, the outside of her figurehead was mighty hard to beat, everybody said so; but the inside was kind of -- well, kind of rattly, as you might say.
Mary-'Gusta Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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As for us kanakas, our heads were hot and light and rattly as dry gourds with the whisky and the rum.
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It's a rattly festival of lifesaving compounds that — once the dreaded expiry date has arrived — no longer serve any legal function past perhaps so many makeshift maracas.
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“Diana?” asked Gary, whose voice was low and rattly, due to his extensive allergies and the hay fever he seemed to have for ten months out of the year.
Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner 2010
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A rattly old car pulled up in front of the warehouse and a man got out.
To Fetch a Thief Spencer Quinn 2010
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We've all seen them before: Those rattly sidewalk grates that tremble and shake each time someone steps on them.
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Her breath was rattly and drool ran down her chin.
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A rattly old car pulled up in front of the warehouse and a man got out.
To Fetch a Thief Spencer Quinn 2010
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A rattly old car pulled up in front of the warehouse and a man got out.
To Fetch a Thief Spencer Quinn 2010
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Yesh, an bringz mee de rattly mousy toy ob de wicked kitteh ob de basemint!
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