rattling

[US]/'rætlɪŋ/
[UK]/'rætlɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. making a series of quick, sharp sounds, lively, very good
adv. extremely, very, to a great degree

Phrases & Collocations

rattling noise

rattling sound

Example Sentences

a rattling old lift.

a rattling good story.

a rattling good speech

A rattling conversation about politics.

saber rattling that set the stage for war.

there was a sound of bottles rattling as he stacked the crates.

There was a large, low-ceiled room, with clacking, rattling machines at which men in white shirt sleeves and blue gingham aprons were working.

Mr. Lorry had been idle a lo and had just poured out his last glassful of wine complete an appearance of satisfaction as is ever to be found in an elderly gentleman of a fresh complexion who has got to the end of a bottle, when a rattling of wheels came up the narrow street, and rumbled into the inn-yard.

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