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rattles off

rattles off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rattles off

What is rattles off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rattles off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rattle off.

Words near rattles off in the dictionary

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

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