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rattle off
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rattle off
(wn) | rattle off
v 1: recite volubly or extravagantly; "He could recite the names
of all the chemical elements" [syn: rattle down, {rattle
off}, reel off, spiel off, roll off] |
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To rattle off
(gcide) | Rattle \Rat"tle\ (r[a^]t"t'l), v. t.
1. To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to
rattle a chain.
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2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
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Sound but another [drum], and another shall
As loud as thine rattle the welkin's ear. --Shak.
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3. Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's
judgment; to rattle a player in a game. [Colloq.]
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4. To scold; to rail at. --L'Estrange.
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To rattle off.
(a) To tell glibly or noisily; as, to rattle off a story.
(b) To rail at; to scold. "She would sometimes rattle off
her servants sharply." --Arbuthnot.
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