Sekirov Dictionary

rattling

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3
phrases 2

adjective2

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(old-fashioned) good, fine.
- To say the truth, Sophia, when very young, discerned that Tom, though an idle, thoughtless, rattling rascal, was nobody's enemy but his own […] — 1749
Lively, quick (speech, pace).

noun1

rattle (a sound made by objects shaking or vibrating against one another)

forms

rattlings · more rattling · most rattling

Phrases with rattling

sabre-rattling
A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used.
saber-rattling
A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used.

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