rattle Neutral 🟢 Beginner (A1)

Noun
rattle
Meaning

Rattle means to make a rapid series of short, sharp, knocking sounds, or to make someone feel nervous, anxious, or unnerved.
a sound similar to a series of quickly repeated knocks:

  • The wind rattled the windows.
  • The old car rattled down the road.
  • From across the town came the rattle of machine-gun fire.
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