rattling

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I've had an idea rattling around in my head for a while now about how this might be achieved.

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Quick take

a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rattling gathered in one view.

noun

a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"

adjective

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"

adjective

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rattling.

noun

a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"

adjective

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"

See also: alert, brisk, lively, merry, snappy, spanking, zippy

adverb

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"

Example sentences

I've had an idea rattling around in my head for a while now about how this might be achieved.

It's not uncommon to hear a bike coming up behind you with the mudguard rattling against the wheel.

It makes China look like a good world citizen and the US look like a self righteous sabre rattling bully.

On top of that, they've added in some populist sabre rattling over the Falklands to try and distract everyone.

But it does not follow that any kind of noisy door-rattling indicates serious investigation.

A little sabre-rattling can send a signal to manufacturers that they need to provide an option to disable secure boot or they will tick off a vocal customer base.

It was my senior year in college, I was getting a degree in creative writing, and my only programming knowledge was whatever was still rattling around my head from an introductory course in high school.

On August 3, if Congress does not get its act together...My intuition is that what's happening right now is just theatrics and sabre-rattling: A solution will be reached before the deadline, and then both sides will proudly declare victory.

"The screenplay, by Robocop writer Edward Neumeier, furnished the old-fashioned science-fiction framework of Robert A. Heinleins notoriously militaristic novel with archetypes on loan from teen soaps and young adult-fiction, undermining the self-serious saber-rattling of the source text.

Quote examples

If only they'd put more power in the hands of the common man, they too could enjoy such luminous choices for statesmen as McCain vs. Obama, Bush II vs. Kerry, Bush II vs Gore, Dole vs. Clinton, Bush I vs. Clinton......we gotta keep saber rattling that our way is better than theirs.