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berattle

berattle verb: to rattle; rattle vigorously.

Verb

berattle (third-person singular simple present berattles, present participle berattling, simple past and past participle berattled)

  1. (transitive) To rattle; rattle vigorously.
    • These are now the fashion, and so berattle the common stages (so they call them) that many wearing rapiers are afraid of goose-quills and dare scarce come thither.2006, William Shakespeare, Ann Thompson, Neil Taylor, Hamlet - Page 468
  2. (rare, transitive) To cry down; abuse; run down.

Forms of berattle

third-person singular presentberattles
present participleberattling
past participleberattled
pastberattled

Origin of berattle

From be- + rattle.

Questions about berattle

What does berattle mean?
Berattle means to rattle; rattle vigorously.
What part of speech is berattle?
Berattle is a verb.
What is the past tense of berattle?
The past tense of berattle is berattled.

Words near berattle in the dictionary

  1. berates
  2. berating
  3. beratingly
  4. beratings
  5. beration
  6. berattle
  7. berattled
  8. berattles
  9. berattling
  10. beraunite
  11. Berawan

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