rattle

  • 11rattle — index confuse (bewilder), discompose, perplex Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12rattle on — rattle away rattling on about her grandchildren Syn: prattle, babble, chatter, prate, go on, jabber, gibber, ramble; informal gab, yak, yap …

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  • 13rattle — faze, *embarrass, discomfit, disconcert, abash Analogous words: *confuse, muddle, addle: agitate, upset, perturb, disturb, fluster, flurry (see DISCOMPOSE): bewilder, distract, perplex (see PUZZLE vb) …

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  • 14Rattle — Sir Simon Rattle dirigiert Wagners Rheingold in der Berliner Philharmonie, 2006 Sir Simon Rattle (Simon Denis Rattle; * 19. Januar 1955 in Liverpool) ist ein …

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  • 15rattle — rat|tle1 [ˈrætl] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from Middle Low German ratelen] 1.) [I and T] if you rattle something, or if it rattles, it shakes and makes a quick series of short sounds ▪ Dan banged on her door and rattled the handle. ▪… …

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  • 16Rattle — Simon Rattle Sir Simon Rattle est un chef d orchestre britannique, né le 19 janvier 1955 à Liverpool. Il est devenu célèbre à la tête du City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, et est depuis 2002 directeur musical de l Orchestre philharmonique de… …

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  • 17rattle — I UK [ˈræt(ə)l] / US verb Word forms rattle : present tense I/you/we/they rattle he/she/it rattles present participle rattling past tense rattled past participle rattled 1) a) [intransitive] if something rattles, it makes short sharp knocking… …

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  • 18rattle — [[t]ræ̱t(ə)l[/t]] rattles, rattling, rattled 1) V ERG When something rattles or when you rattle it, it makes short sharp knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard. She slams the kitchen door so hard I… …

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  • 19rattle — rat|tle1 [ rætl ] verb 1. ) intransitive if something rattles, it makes short sharp knocking sounds as it moves or shakes: The house shook and the doors and windows rattled. There s something rattling in the bottom of that box. a ) transitive to… …

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  • 20rattle — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to shake, or make something shake, with quick repeated knocking noises: The windows rattled in the wind. | The beggar was rattling coins in an old mug. 2 (I) to move quickly, making a rattling noise (+ along/past/over etc): The… …

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