sabre-rattle verb1 •To threaten a big battle or war.Then you speak of "the President's spread-eagle patriotism," his delight in "barnyard language," his "readiness to sabre-rattle at the ripple of a flag," — 1969 formssabre rattled · sabre-rattled · sabre rattling · sabre-rattling · sabre rattles · sabre-rattles
