[ US /ˈɹætəɫɪŋ, ˈɹætɫɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈætlɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. 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
  1. a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
    the death rattle
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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
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