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saber rattling

saber rattling is the alternative spelling of sabre-rattling.

saber rattling is the present participle and gerund of saber rattle.

Meaning of sabre-rattling

Noun

sabre-rattling (countable and uncountable, plural sabre-rattlings)

  1. (idiomatic) A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used.
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic) Any threat, such as one company threatening another with a lawsuit.

See all 3 meanings of sabre-rattling

Forms of saber rattling

pluralsaber rattlings

Questions about saber rattling

What is saber rattling the alternative spelling of?
Saber rattling is the alternative spelling of sabre-rattling.

Words near saber rattling in the dictionary

  1. saber leg
  2. saber legs
  3. saber rattle
  4. saber rattled
  5. saber rattles
  6. saber rattling
  7. saber rattlings
  8. saber saw
  9. saber saws
  10. saber shin
  11. saber shins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saber rattling (page history and authors); sabre-rattling (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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