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rattle

DEFINITIONS OF: rattle

1

v make short successive sounds

Types:
ruckle
make a hoarse, rattling sound
crackle, crepitate
make a crackling sound
Type of:
go, sound
make a certain noise or sound

v shake and cause to make a rattling noise

Type of:
agitate, shake
move or cause to move back and forth

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

“the death rattle”
Synonyms:
rale, rattling
Types:
crepitation rale
the crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale; associated with tuberculosis and pneumonia and congestive heart failure
Type of:
noise
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

n a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

Type of:
plaything, toy
an artifact designed to be played with

n loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

Type of:
tail
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
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