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rattling
(encz) | rattling,rachocení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Rattling
(gcide) | Rattle \Rat"tle\ (r[a^]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattled
(-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rattling (-tl[i^]ng).] [Akin to D.
ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hr[ae]tele a rattle, in
hr[ae]telwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. kradai`nein to swing, wave.
Cf. Rail a bird.]
1. To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises,
as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies
shaken together; to clatter.
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And the rude hail in rattling tempest forms.
--Addison.
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'T was but the wind,
Or the car rattling o'er the stony street. --Byron.
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2. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as,
we rattled along for a couple of miles. [Colloq.]
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3. To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and
idly; to clatter; -- with on or away; as, she rattled on
for an hour. [Colloq.]
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rattling
(wn) | rattling
adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally
for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very
gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable
evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good
yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling]
adj 1: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as
intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film
was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous
collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation
about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn:
fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous,
marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous,
wonderful, wondrous]
2: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively
gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a
snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk,
lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]
n 1: a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with
a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the
death rattle" [syn: rattle, rattling, rale] |
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prattling
(encz) | prattling,tlachání n: Zdeněk Brožprattling,žvanění n: Zdeněk Brož |
saber rattling
(encz) | saber rattling,řinčení zbraněmi n: tatasaber rattling,vyhrožování válkou n: tata |
sabre rattling
(encz) | sabre rattling, n: |
Prattling
(gcide) | Prattle \Prat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prattled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Prattling.] [Freq. of prate.]
To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and
artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.
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Rattling
(gcide) | Rattle \Rat"tle\ (r[a^]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattled
(-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rattling (-tl[i^]ng).] [Akin to D.
ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hr[ae]tele a rattle, in
hr[ae]telwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. kradai`nein to swing, wave.
Cf. Rail a bird.]
1. To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises,
as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies
shaken together; to clatter.
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And the rude hail in rattling tempest forms.
--Addison.
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'T was but the wind,
Or the car rattling o'er the stony street. --Byron.
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2. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as,
we rattled along for a couple of miles. [Colloq.]
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3. To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and
idly; to clatter; -- with on or away; as, she rattled on
for an hour. [Colloq.]
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rattlings
(gcide) | Ratlines \Rat"lines\, Ratlins \Rat"lins\ (r[a^]t"l[i^]nz), n.
pl. [Of uncertain origin.] (Naut.)
The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and
forming the steps of a rope ladder. [Written also ratlings,
and rattlings.] --Totten.
[1913 Webster]Rattlings \Rat"tlings\ (r[a^]t"tl[i^]ngz), n. pl. (Naut.)
Ratlines.
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Rattlings
(gcide) | Ratlines \Rat"lines\, Ratlins \Rat"lins\ (r[a^]t"l[i^]nz), n.
pl. [Of uncertain origin.] (Naut.)
The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and
forming the steps of a rope ladder. [Written also ratlings,
and rattlings.] --Totten.
[1913 Webster]Rattlings \Rat"tlings\ (r[a^]t"tl[i^]ngz), n. pl. (Naut.)
Ratlines.
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saber rattling
(wn) | saber rattling
n 1: the ostentatious display of military power (with the
implied threat that it might be used) [syn: {saber
rattling}, sabre rattling] |
sabre rattling
(wn) | sabre rattling
n 1: the ostentatious display of military power (with the
implied threat that it might be used) [syn: {saber
rattling}, sabre rattling] |
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