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Meanings of rattler in English

Portuguese
cascavel
Catalan
serp de cascavell

Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken.

cascavel
Catalan
tren de mercaderies

A railroad train consisting of freight cars.

tren de mercaderies
Usage of rattler in English
1
He needed as much protection as you would give a coiled rattler!
Native son
2
Brian Kerr pauses and smiles to himself every time a rattler interrupts.
The Irish Times
3
As he did so, a huge rattler glided away through the brush.
The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol / Or, The Story of ...
4
Does the wolf destroy the wolf, or the rattler strike his brother?
The Prairie
5
But George would as soon have closed his fingers over a rattler.
Gunman's Reckoning
6
I'm more afeard of a scar't man,- arealscar't man-nora rattler.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
7
If you don't, I'll treat you just as I would a rattler!
Frank Merriwell's Reward
8
The dancer placed this big rattler in his mouth and began the circle.
I Married a Ranger
9
The blindfolded players attempt to locate and tag the rattler by the rattle.
School, Church, and Home Games
10
Got there right about the time the rattler was introducing himself to you.
Bare Bones
11
But the rattler was more surely fatal when it struck than the bullet.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
12
If you meet a rattler on the way, have it out with him.
The Song of the Lark
13
It was a rattler as big as them of the captain's.
The Phantom of the River
14
The first snake to be weighed was the red diamond rattler.
The new yorker
15
Insular robot-maker Fanuc hiked dividends after a campaign by U.S. cage-rattler Dan Loeb.
Reuters
16
There, scarcely a foot away, lay a coiled rattler, the ugly head raised.
Followers of the Trail
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Translations for rattler
Portuguese
cascavel
Rattler through the time
Rattler across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common