rattle

«rattle» in Mova's school dictionary: to make a lot of short, knocking sounds by shaking, or to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (rattle, rattles, rattled, rattling); noun (a rattle, rattles)

meaning for a pupil

1) To rattle means to make a lot of short, knocking sounds by shaking, or to shake something so it does this. tree →

2) A rattle is a baby's toy that makes a noise when shaken. tree →

3) A rattle is also the sound itself, or the end of a rattlesnake's tail. tree →

4) To rattle someone means to make them nervous. tree →

5) To rattle off means to say a list quickly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories a rattle is a sound effect (windows rattle in the wind) or a warning (a rattlesnake's rattle). In outdoor safety, hearing a rattle means back away slowly. Phrases: «rattle off», «get rattled», «rattle the door handle».

examples

• The windows rattled in the storm. tree →
• The baby shook her rattle. tree →
• Something is rattling in the box. tree →
• A rattlesnake shakes its tail to warn you. tree →
• Don't let the other team rattle you. tree →
• She rattled off her times tables. tree →
• The old car rattled down the road. tree →
• The stage coach went rattling past. tree →

note

Regular verb; double t. Adjective: rattled (nervous). A rattlesnake's rattle is a warning sign — move away slowly and don't touch it.

In the corpora

• Real roadrunners do not say «meep meep»; they make soft cooing sounds and loud rattles by clattering their beaks.
• A North American porcupine has about 30,000 quills, and it rattles them and stamps as a warning first.
• Rattlesnakes live in Arizona, Texas and many other parts of the USA, and they do not always rattle before they strike.
• The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rattle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.