Rattick

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To shake, rattle, knock about; to be rickety. dialectal, intransitive

    "The windows rattick whenever the wind blows hard."

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"The windows rattick whenever the wind blows hard."

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a dissimilation of rattle. Alternatively, perhaps from Old English *hratecian (“to rattle”), from Old English hratian (“to quicken, hasten”) + -(e)cian (frequentative suffix).

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