rattle

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈræt.l̩/

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• Hyphenation: rat‧tle

Verb

Plain form rattle

Third-person singular rattles

Past tense rattled

Past participle rattled

Present participle rattling

1. (transitive) When you rattle something, you make sounds by shaking the object.

   I rattled the tin to find out if there were still biscuits left in it.