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What does rattle mean?

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Noun
  1. (onomatopoeia) a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.
  2. A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.
  3. A device that makes a rattling sound such as put on an animal so its location can be heard.
  4. A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.
  5. (dated) Noisy, rapid talk.
  6. (dated) A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
  7. A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
  8. (zoology) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
  9. The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; death rattle.
  10. Any plant of the genus Rhinanthus, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.
Verb
  1. (transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
  2. (transitive, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
  3. (intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To scold; to rail at.
  6. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
  7. To make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly; with on or away.
Noun
  1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of rottol: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight usually equal to 1–5 lb (0.5–2.5 kg).
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