Rattling
adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)
- 2 Alternative form of ratline. alt-of, alternative
- 3 a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of rattle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Lively, quick (speech, pace).
- 2 good, fine. dated, emphatic, intensifier
"a rattling good lunch"
Adjective
- 1 quick and energetic wordnet
- 2 extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers wordnet
Adverb
- 1 used to give emphasis wordnet
Example
More examples"Everything on top of the table started rattling when the earthquake hit."