OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 20989

rattle

/ˈɹæ.təl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sonajear • traquetear
To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy.
to rattle a chain
enervar • inquietar
To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
That United were rattled, mentally as well as at times physically – legitimately so – was beyond question. Nick Powell clipped a crisp drive a foot over the bar, but otherwise Milt…
“Tut!” said old Bittlesham. “Tut is right”, I agreed. Then the rumminess of the thing struck me. “But if you haven’t dropped a parcel over the race,” I said, “why are you looking s…
cascabelear • traquetear
To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling.