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berattling

berattling is the present participle and gerund of berattle.

Meaning of berattle

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.

Questions about berattling

What is berattling the present participle and gerund of?
Berattling is the present participle and gerund of berattle.

Words near berattling in the dictionary

  1. beratings
  2. beration
  3. berattle
  4. berattled
  5. berattles
  6. berattling
  7. beraunite
  8. Berawan
  9. beray
  10. berayed
  11. beraying

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