What is "rattle"

Rattle \Rat"tle\ (r[a^]t"t'l), v. t.

1. To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.

2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.

   Sound but another [drum], and another shall As loud as thine rattle the welkin's ear.
   --Shak.

3. Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game. [Colloq.]

4. To scold; to rail at. --L'Estrange. To rattle off.

   1. To tell glibly or noisily; as, to rattle off a story.

   2. To rail at; to scold. ``She would sometimes rattle off her servants sharply.''
      --Arbuthnot.

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.

   And the rude hail in rattling tempest forms.
   --Addison.

   'T was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street.
   --Byron.

2. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles. [Colloq.]

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.]

Rattle \Rat"tle\, n.

1. A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.
   --Prior.

2. Noisy, rapid talk.

   All this ado about the golden age is but an empty rattle and frivolous conceit.
   --Hakewill.

3. An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken.

   The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other.
   --Sir W. Raleigh.

   Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
   --Pope.

4. A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.

   It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so much perspicuity, vivacity, and grace, should have been, whenever he took a part in conversation, an empty, noisy, blundering rattle.
   --Macaulay.

5. A scolding; a sharp rebuke. [Obs.]
   --Heylin.

6. (Zo["o]l.) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.

   Note: The rattle of a rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and so modified in form as to make a series of loose, hollow joints.

7. The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See R[^a]le.

   To spring a rattle, to cause it to sound.

   Yellow rattle (Bot.), a yellow-flowered herb ( Rhinanthus Crista-galli), the ripe seeds of which rattle in the inflated calyx.

c.1300 (intransitive), "To make a quick sharp noise with frequent repetitions and collisions of bodies not very sonorous: when bodies are sonorous, it is called jingling" [Johnson]. Perhaps in Old English but not recorded; if not, from Middle Dutch ratelen, probably of imitative origin (compare German rasseln "to rattle," Greek kradao "I rattle"). Sense of "utter smartly and rapidly" is late 14c. Meaning "to go along loosely and noisily" is from 1550s. Transitive sense is late 14c.; figurative sense of "fluster" is first recorded 1869. Related: Rattled; rattling.

c.1500, "rapid succession of short, sharp sounds," from rattle (v.). As a child's toy, recorded from 1510s. As a sound made in the throat (especially of one near death) from 1752.

n. 1 (context onomatopoeia English) 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 (context dated English) Noisy, rapid talk. 6 (context dated English) A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer. 7 A scolding; a sharp rebuke. 8 (context zoology English) 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. vb. (context transitive ergative English) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.

1. v. make short successive sounds

2. shake and cause to make a rattling noise

1. n. a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle" [syn: rattling, rale]

2. a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

3. loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

Rattle may refer to:

• Rattle (percussion instrument), a type of percussion instrument
• Rattle (percussion beater), a part of some percussion instruments
• Rattle (magazine), an American poetry journal
• Bird-scaring rattle, a Slovene device used to drive birds off vineyards and a folk instrument
• Ratchet (instrument), a percussion instrument
• Death rattle
• Rhinanthus, a genus of plants
• Rattle, Derbyshire, a hamlet in England
• The Rattles, German rock band who recorded an upbeat version of "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" in the 1960s also famous for their 1970 hit "The Witch"
• "Rattle" (song), a 2011 electro house song by Dutch duo Bingo Players
• RATTLE, a constraint algorithm used in molecular dynamics simulations
• Rattle GUI a gui for the statistical programming language R
• Football rattle, a ratchet used by football fans to make a supportive or celebratory noise
• Toy rattle, a baby toy

A rattle is a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken. Rattles are described in the Hornbostel–Sachs system as Shaken Idiophones or Rattles (112.1).

Rattles include:

• Shac-Shac, as known in Trinidad, Dominica and the French Antilles.
• Maracas, widely used in Cha Cha Cha and jazz.
• The egg-shaped plastic chicken shake, filled with steel shot and available in varying tones depending on the size and quantity of shot.
• Folk instruments especially used in ceremonial dance.
• Toy rattles for infants.

Though there are many different sorts of rattles, some music scores indicate simply a rattle (or the corresponding terms French claquette, hochet; Ger. Rassel, Schnarre; It. nacchere).

Rattle is an American poetry magazine, based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1994, the magazine is published by the Rattle Foundation.

Established writers, including Philip Levine, Jane Hirshfield, Billy Collins, Sharon Olds, Gregory Orr, Patricia Smith, Anis Mojgani, have appeared in Rattle, although the magazine also prides itself on its publication of new and emerging poets.

Poems from the magazine have been reprinted in The Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies.

According to the magazine's website:

Rattle is pretty simple: We love poetry and feel that it's something everyone can enjoy. We look for poems that are accessible, that have heart, that have something to

say.

Each issue features a theme honoring a particular community of poets, such as teachers, slam poets, or, most recently, Los Angeles poets. Interviews with contemporary poets are also a staple of the quarterly publication. Though primarily dedicated to its print issues, the magazine's website features a variety of supplemental material, such as audio archives and reviews of contemporary poetry.

A rattle is a percussion beater that is attached to or enclosed by a percussion instrument so that motion of the instrument will cause the rattle to strike the instrument and create sound.

Examples include:

• The rivets of a sizzle cymbal.
• The jingles of a tambourine.
• The seeds inside a maraca.
• The ball chain of a cabasa.
• The snares of a snare drum.

Rattles may be the primary cause of the instrument's sound, as in the maraca, or they may modify its sound, as in the sizzle cymbal, or they may be used for both purposes depending on how it is played, as in the tambourine.

chain surrounding the cabasa produces its sound when it is shaken in a swish cymbal modify its sound Détail.jpg|Tambourine jingles both sound when the tambourine is shaken and modify the sound of the hand beating the skin

"Rattle" is a song by Dutch dance duo Bingo Players. It was written and produced by Maarten Hoogstraten and Paul Bäumer. It was released in the Netherlands as a digital download on 31 October 2011, and worldwide on 6 February 2012, alongside the Candyland remix. The song has charted in Austria, the Netherlands and France.

In 2012, Bingo Players collaborated with Far East Movement for a revamped and remixed version of the song entitled " Get Up (Rattle)" that became an even bigger hit for the Bingo Players worldwide.

In 2013, Rattle was also used as the melody sample on Alexis Jordan's song Acid Rain.

DJ duo Candyland won a remix contest for the track on the electronic music website Beatport. The song was released as its own single and also on an EP.