rattler
/ˈɹætələ(ɹ)/
rattler noun: anything that rattles.
Noun
rattler (plural rattlers)
- Anything that rattles.
- A rattlesnake.
- You watch your step walking out there on the mesa, because in warmer season, the rattlers are up and about, and it's their turf.1989 February 5, Kay Whitlock, “Letter from Colorado”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 11
- A freight train or, (chiefly UK), a passenger train.
- I'll lay you odds that this old rattler don't get into Shanghai on time.1932, Jules Furthman, Shanghai Express, spoken by Sam Salt (Eugene Pallette)
- Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train.
- A loud, inconsiderate talker.
- A stunning blow.
- […] laid handsomely out with such a rattler on the nose as nobody could have expected from a casky little man of five-feet-nothing.1897, Alexander Montgomery, Five-Skull Island And Other Tales of the Malay Archipelago
- An impudent lie; a whopper.
Proper noun capitalized: Rattler
Rattler (plural Rattlers)
- A surname.
rattler meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
rattler in Tamil
- குடுகுடுப்பையர், வெற்றுரையாடுபவர், சரசரவென்று நடப்பவர், விரைவாக வண்டியாட்டுபவர், செம்மையான அடி, இனத்தின் மிகச் சிறந்த உருமாதிரி
rattler in Bengali
- একটি র্যাটলস্নেক, একটি মালবাহী ট্রেন অথবা, যাত্রীবাহী ট্রেন, যেকোনো জরাজীর্ণ, শব্দকারী যানবাহন, ঘোড়ার গাড়ি
rattler in Kannada
- ಲೊಡಲೊಡ ಬಡಬಡಿಸುವವನು, ಹರಟುವವನು, ಮಾತುಗಾರ, ಬಡಬಡ ಸದ್ದು ಮಾಡುವ ವಸ್ತು
Examples of rattler in a sentence
- That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.
- That is the sluff of a rattler; we must be careful.
- Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.
Forms of rattler
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rattlers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Rattlers |
Origin of rattler
From rattle + -er.
Words formed from rattler
Phrases with rattler
Words that rhyme with rattler
Questions about rattler
- What does rattler mean?
- Rattler means anything that rattles.
- What is rattler in Tamil?
- Rattler in Tamil is குடுகுடுப்பையர், வெற்றுரையாடுபவர், சரசரவென்று நடப்பவர். See Rattler meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rattler?
- Rattler can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rattler?
- Rattler is pronounced /ˈɹætələ(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of rattler?
- The plural of rattler is rattlers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rattler (page history and authors); Rattler (page history and authors); rattler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rattler (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rattler (Kannada 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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