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Rattler

//ˈɹætələ(ɹ)// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Anything that rattles.
  2. 2
    pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken wordnet
  3. 3
    A rattlesnake. US, informal

    "You watch your step walking out there on the mesa, because in warmer season, the rattlers are up and about, and it's their turf."

  4. 4
    a railroad train consisting of freight cars wordnet
  5. 5
    A freight train or, (chiefly British), a passenger train.
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  1. 6
    Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train. colloquial
  2. 7
    A loud, inconsiderate talker. colloquial, dated
  3. 8
    A stunning blow. colloquial, dated

    "[…] laid handsomely out with such a rattler on the nose as nobody could have expected from a casky little man of five-feet-nothing."

  4. 9
    An impudent lie; a whopper. colloquial, dated

Etymology

From rattle + -er.

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