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brattle

/ˈbɹætəl/

brattle verb: to rattle; to make a scampering noise.

Verb

brattle (third-person singular simple present brattles, present participle brattling, simple past and past participle brattled)

  1. (intransitive) To rattle; to make a scampering noise.
    • Him too I hate, the same as I hate these brainless budding trees, these brattling birds.1972, John Gardner, Grendel, London, page 6

brattle meaning in Tamil and Bengali

brattle in Tamil

சடசடவென்னும் ஒலி, பூசல், குழப்பம், அமளி, சந்தடி உண்டுபண்ணு

brattle in Bengali

খটখট শব্দ করা

Forms of brattle

third-person singular presentbrattles
present participlebrattling
past participlebrattled
pastbrattled

Origin of brattle

Apparently imitative, probably under influence of break + rattle.

Words that rhyme with brattle

Questions about brattle

What does brattle mean?
Brattle means to rattle; to make a scampering noise.
What is brattle in Tamil?
Brattle in Tamil is சடசடவென்னும் ஒலி, பூசல், குழப்பம். See Brattle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brattle?
Brattle is a verb.
How do you pronounce brattle?
Brattle is pronounced /ˈbɹætəl/.
What is the past tense of brattle?
The past tense of brattle is brattled.

Words near brattle in the dictionary

  1. brattishing
  2. brattishings
  3. brattishly
  4. brattishness
  5. brattitude
  6. brattle
  7. Brattleboro
  8. Brattleboros
  9. brattled
  10. brattles
  11. brattling

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: brattle (page history and authors); brattle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brattle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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