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US
/ˈɹætəɫɪŋ, ˈɹætɫɪŋ/
]
[ UK /ɹˈætlɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈætlɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
had a rattling conversation about politics
the film was fantastic!
a tremendous achievement
a marvelous collection of rare books
a howling success
a fantastic trip to the Orient -
quick and energetic
a merry chase
a spanking breeze
a lively gait
traveling at a rattling rate
a brisk walk in the park
a snappy pace
ADVERB
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used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
he played very well
I'm real sorry about it
a really enjoyable evening
she was very gifted
a rattling good yarn
NOUN
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a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
the death rattle
How To Use rattling In A Sentence
- Sefelt has pulled back halfway normal, swelling up and down with big wet, rattling breaths.
- ‘I want to come back when it's a bit quieter,’ I shouted over the din of amplified music, throbbing diesel generators and rattling joy rides.
- I can hear it rattling around. Times, Sunday Times
- Their rattling calls reverberate along waterways throughout the breeding season, and their flashing wings are apparent year-round. CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News
- A car comes rattling down the street, thick smoke pouring out the back, every door a different colour of blistered paint.
- His playing is more austere than on Big Deep, rattling off scrapes and stunted scrabbles with occasional distended, detuned bass action.
- No self-respecting shopkeeper would touch the defeated currency, instead rattling off a long list of what was acceptable, everything from Dutch guilders and Indian rupees to francs, pounds, and the rare American dollars. A Covert Affair
- Inside Lord 100, Cris Cheek was rattling through a complex history of performance-based poetry in England in the 70s, and on the screen in front of us flashed many slides of old mimeoed programs of great, if transient events. Archive 2008-10-01
- The throng surrounding them shouted affirming hallelujahs and amens, flapping and singing, rattling their tambourines and bleating their horns.
- When I say the word biologic to someone like Josephine, her eyes cross a little, and her mouth gapes, and I can hear her little brain rattling around in her skull like a smooth marble. Deadly
