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Death rattle

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  1. 1
    The raspy or gurgling sound sometimes made by a person while drawing in or expelling their final breaths before dying.

    "The death-rattle gurgled in the throat of his opponent; his arms fell heavily to his side."

  2. 2
    The sound of a batsman’s stumps being broken, so called because this leads to the batsman’s dismissal. broadly

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