Rattling

  • 71rattle — rattle1 [rat′ l] vi. rattled, rattling [ME ratelen, prob. of WGmc echoic orig., akin to Ger rasseln] 1. to make a series of sharp, short sounds in quick succession 2. to go or move with such sounds [a wagon rattling over the stones] 3. to talk… …

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  • 72rat´tling|ly — rat|tling «RAT lihng», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. that rattles: »a rattling teakettle. 2. fast and lively; brisk: »a rattling speech, a rattling pace. 3. Informal. very fine; great; important: »He preached…a sermon…that gave him a rattling… …

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  • 73rat|tling — «RAT lihng», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. that rattles: »a rattling teakettle. 2. fast and lively; brisk: »a rattling speech, a rattling pace. 3. Informal. very fine; great; important: »He preached…a sermon…that gave him a rattling reputation ( …

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  • 74Crazy Horse — For other uses, see Crazy Horse (disambiguation). A sketch of Crazy Horse by a Mormon missionary in 1934 after interviewing Crazy Horse s sister, who thought it was accurate.[1] Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tȟašúŋke Witkó (in Sta …

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  • 75Sympathetic resonance — is a harmonic phenomenon wherein a formerly passive string or vibratory body responds to external vibrations to which it has a harmonic likeness. The classic example is demonstrated with two similar tuning forks of which one is mounted on a… …

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  • 76rattle — 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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  • 77rattle — 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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  • 78ἀνακυμβαλιάζω — fall rattling over. pres subj act 1st sg ἀνακυμβαλιάζω fall rattling over. pres ind act 1st sg ἀνακυμβαλιάζω fall rattling over. pres subj act 1st sg ἀνακυμβαλιάζω fall rattling over. pres ind act 1st sg …

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  • 79rattle around — intransitive verb : to have or give the impression of being tumbled about (as by living in too spacious quarters or holding a post one cannot fill) gave him a suite of offices to rattle around in but nothing to do * * * ˈrattle a ˌround… …

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  • 80Rattle — Rat tle (r[a^]t t l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rattled} ( t ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rattling} ( tl[i^]ng).] [Akin to D. ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hr[ae]tele a rattle, in hr[ae]telwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. kradai nein to swing, wave. Cf. {Rail} a bird.] 1 …

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