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Meanings of rattle in anglès

A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

Rattle.

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Usage of rattle in anglès
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The sharp rattle of the mowing-machine disturbs the corncrake in the meadow.
The Life of the Fields
2
I'll rattle out the entire list, though, in case you use everything.
The Irish Times
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Twenty million people rattle around this enormous continent with potential and optimism.
The Guardian
4
Those turn out to be more efficient ways to rattle a democracy.
Wired
5
The spread of the virus continued to rattle markets across the region.
Reuters
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At that moment she heard the rattle of the guard's key ring.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
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The rattle of the fanning mill announced the finishing of the task.
Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago / Personal recollections ...
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But the differences did not seem likely to rattle shareholders, Crane said.
Reuters
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Woodward's voice, however, had been reduced to a whisp and a rattle.
Speaks the Nightbird
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The roar and rattle of the firing increased in volume, every minute.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
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Whistle and rattle and pop went the shell in the valley below.
From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South Af...
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The rattle and the throbbing and the shaking get on my nerves.
Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front
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Her voice expired in her throat in a kind of toneless rattle.
Within an Inch of His Life
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Shalama will relish a fast pace so he can rattle home late.
News.com.au
15
We could hear the cannon and the ear-piercing rattle of the musketry.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
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Then the shaking of the rattle and the monotonous song began again.
Martin Rattler
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
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