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First instrument for many
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rattle
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 ] a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken loosely connected horny sections at the ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.
Usage examples of rattle.
He hoped it dropped into their fireplace, freaking out the kids, and Abies heard it rattling down and fucking choked on whatever White Power bullshit he was preaching in there.
I tried to remember his name from the short list Aden had rattled off for me: Daniel Voeller.
There should be a hitching post, Alan thought, a stagecoach rattling by, a dozen extras milling around.
His captor, a round-faced man with a scar twisting his lower lip, rattled off some sort of challenge, punctuating it by poking Alec in the chest with his finger.
This will be his fourth day without eating, Alec thought as they rattled off down the road again.
A dusting of snow floated down as Alec and Seregil rattled past in their cart.
Angry curses competed with the siren as the pursuing security guards, already rattled by the amuck scooter, slid and slipped on the suddenly soaking floor tiles.
The trees looked as if they were dying and the flowers in the neglected beds rattled in the fumes and slipstreams of the traffic.
Suddenly the blood-curdling war-whoop arose from all sides at once, a rattling volley of rifle-shots pattered against the palisades, and a swarm of yelling, naked figures leaped from the surrounding obscurity.
French priest whom we took in at one of the squalid villages of the dreary Haut-Valais, through which on that bright afternoon we rattled so superbly.
He was also a fairly good left-handed pitcher, and a rattling good batsman, who excelled in fair-foul hitting.
When she could only stare at him, terrified, he clamped his hands down on her biceps, shaking her until her teeth rattled.
Maybe it would have been better for all concerned if he had birled the bottle and rattled the dice like the rest.
When the windows ceased rattling, Mr Bittering swallowed and looked at the children.
The time ticked over, but the Saint was too old a hand to be rattled by any such primitive device, and he leaned nonchalantly against the wall and waited patiently for Bittle to realize that the cat-and-mouse gag was getting no laughs that journey.