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rattle down

v. recite volubly or extravagantly; "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements" [syn: rattle off, reel off, spiel off, roll off]

Usage examples of "rattle down".

They were really intended for 9-mm autoloaders and would literally rattle down the bore of most .

He wanted to thud his heels into the gelding's ribs and rattle down the street at a canter.

He dug wider, letting the dirt run and rattle down the inclined slope.

He tossed them up the patrol boat's side, heard them rattle down her decks, and heard the blat of their explosions in the wind.

Behind her, as she fled, she heard a shower of stones rattle down the steep slope, and the sound lent wings to her heels.

He hangs up himself, hears the dime rattle down, and feels simplified by this failure.

A long rattle down the antique elevator, a couple of hot cassettes in hand, best of the week's catch, dank cave breath sighing up between the floor cracks, exhalation of a beast, to remind even the sleepwalking rider that a simple trip to the street might be a plunge toward adventure or a descent into the mines.