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rattled off

rattled off is the simple past and past participle of rattle off.

Meaning of rattle off

Verb

rattle off (third-person singular simple present rattles off, present participle rattling off, simple past and past participle rattled off)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To list or recite quickly.
    • When I suggested it, he promptly rattled off a dozen reasons that it wouldn't work.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To rail at; to scold.
    • She that vvould ſometimes rattle off her Servants pretty ſharply, novv if ſhe ſavv them drink, or heard them talk profanely, never took any notice of it.1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “Of the Hard Shifts Mrs. Bull was Put to, to Preserve the Mannor of Bullock’s Hatch; with Sir Roger’s Method to Keep Off Importunate Duns”, in...

Questions about rattled off

What is rattled off the simple past and past participle of?
Rattled off is the simple past and past participle of rattle off.

Words near rattled off in the dictionary

  1. rattled
  2. rattled a saber
  3. rattled a sabre
  4. rattled about
  5. rattled around
  6. rattled off
  7. rattled one's hocks
  8. rattled one's saber
  9. rattled one's sabre
  10. rattled sabres
  11. rattled someone's cage

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