Adjacent Words

Rattling definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAT'TLING, ppr. Making a quick succession of sharp sounds.
RAT'TLING, n. A rapid succession of sharp sounds. Nahum 3.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn: fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous]
2: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy] n
1: a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle" [syn: rattle, rattling, rale] adv
1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1560 1. lively, brisk <moved at a rattling pace> 2. extraordinarily good ; splendid • rattlingly adverb II. adverb Date: 1829 to an extreme degree ; very <a rattling good story>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & adv. --adj. 1 that rattles. 2 brisk, vigorous (a rattling pace). --adv. remarkably (a rattling good story).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rattle Rat"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rattling.] [Akin to D. ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hr[ae]tele a rattle, in hr[ae]telwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. ? 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see rattle