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A sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.
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I wish they would fix the rattle under my dashboard.
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A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.
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A device that makes a rattling sound such as put on an animal so its location can be heard.
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A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.
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Noisy, rapid talk.
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Trivial chatter; gossip.
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A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
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A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
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Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
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The rattle of the rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and modified in form so as to make a series of loose, hollow joints.
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The noise produced in the throat by air passing through mucus which the lungs struggle to clear.
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The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel - sometimes occurs as a person nears death; death rattle.
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Any plant of the genus Rhinanthus, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.