NOUN
- the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)
How To Use saber rattling In A Sentence
- So while they're watching the administration, they're suspicious of its motives and what they call saber rattling. CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2007
- Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad banqueted together and discussed "the latest developments in the region, and Zionist threats against Lebanon and Syria," according to Lebanese Al-Manar television, in reference to Tel Aviv's saber rattling hinting at a fresh conflict with Hezbollah. Patrick Galey: Nasrallah and Ahmadinejad's Banquet of Defiance
- GLORIA BORGER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, you know, the notion that the Iranians are complaining about saber rattling from Hillary Clinton because she used the word obliterate if they were to consider attacking Israel is kind of a joke. CNN Transcript May 1, 2008
- A peaceful talk should be arranged prior to any saber rattling.
- A peaceful talk should be arranged prior to any saber rattling.