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rattlety

rattlety interjection: a rattling sound.

Interjection

  1. A rattling sound.
    • Rattlety bang, and clattery clang; / And rattlety, clattery bang, they go!1824, The Literary Chronicle for the Year 1824, page 283
    • Rattlety, rattlety, rat, / Rattlety, rattlety, rat, / Their feet go tat, tat. / Slide, slide, bump, bump, / Slide, slide, thump, thump.1973, Grace K. Pratt-Butler, Let Them Write Creatively, page 49

Questions about rattlety

What does rattlety mean?
Rattlety means a rattling sound.
What part of speech is rattlety?
Rattlety is an interjection.

Words near rattlety in the dictionary

  1. rattlesome
  2. rattlest
  3. rattleth
  4. rattletrap
  5. rattletraps
  6. rattlety
  7. rattleweed
  8. rattleweeds
  9. rattlewings
  10. rattlewort
  11. Rattley

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