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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken [syn: rattlesnake, rattler]
2: a railroad train consisting of freight cars [syn: freight train, rattler]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. one that rattles 2. rattlesnake

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a thing that rattles, esp. an old or rickety vehicle. 2 colloq. a rattlesnake. 3 sl. a remarkably good specimen of anything.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rattler Rat"tler, n. One who, or that which, rattles.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rattlers) A rattler is the same as a rattlesnake. (AM INFORMAL) N-COUNT

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A coach. Rattle and prad; a coach and horses.