Rattling - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈrætlɪŋ|
Brit.
|ˈrætlɪŋ|
noun
- a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) (syn: rale, rattle)
adverb
- used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal (syn: real, really, very)
a rattling good yarn
adjective
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers (syn: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous)
had a rattling conversation about politics
- quick and energetic (syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, snappy, spanking, zippy)traveling at a rattling rate
Extra examples
...we drove off at a rattling pace...
He moved at a rattling pace.
Do you hear that rattling noise?
The printing machines were rattling away so loudly that we could hardly hear each other speak.
The car is making an ominous rattling sound.
Did you just hear a rattling sound outside?
Is your old car still rattling along?
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