RATTLE

Rattle

A rattle is a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken. Rattles are described in the Hornbostel–Sachs system as Shaken Idiophones or Rattles .

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RATTLE

Rattle is an award-winning poetry magazine based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1994, the magazine is published by the Rattle Foundation. Established writers such as Philip Levine, Jane Hirshfield, Billy Collins, Sharon Olds, Gregory Orr, Patricia Smith, Anis Mojgani and others have appeared in Rattle, although the magazine also prides itself on its publication of new and emerging poets. Poems from the magazine have been reprinted in The Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies.

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rattle

Noun

  1. a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.
    I wish they would fix the rattle under my dashboard.
  2. A baby's toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.
  3. A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.
  4. Noisy, rapid talk.
  5. A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
  6. A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
  7. Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
    The rattle of the rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and modified in form so as to make a series of loose, hollow joints.
  8. The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; death rattle.

Verb

  1. To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
    to rattle a chain
    Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy.
  2. To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
    The accident really rattled him.
  3. To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
    ''I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling.
  4. To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.
  5. To scold; to rail at.
  6. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
    We rattled along for a couple of miles.
  7. To make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly; with on or away.
    She rattled on for an hour.


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