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The correct spelling is rattling.
How to pronounce rattling
verb
Say it like: Rat-tli-ng
The correct spelling is rattling. To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking. For example: "Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy."
Usage Examples
“Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy.”
“I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling.”
“We rattled along for a couple of miles.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
- 2.To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
- 3.To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
- 4.To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.
- 5.To scold; to rail at.
noun
- 1.Rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)
- 2.The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.
- 3.Any of the cross ropes between the shrouds, which form a net like ropework, allowing sailors to climb up towards the top of the mast.
adjective
- 1.Lively, quick (speech, pace).
- 2.(intensifier) good, fine.
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