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rattlesnounpl. of rattle loud, confused, and usually inharmonious soundI'd go nuts if I had to endure the rattle of that bottling plant every day babels, blares, bluster, bowwows, brawls, bruits(archaic), cacophonies, chatters, clamors, clangors, decibels, dins, discordances, katzenjammers, noises, rackets, roars discords, dissonancescommotions, furors, hubbubs, hullabaloos, hurly-burlies, rumpuses, tumults, uproarsclatters, janglesbangs, blasts, booms, claps, cracks, crashes quiets, silences, stills calms, hushes, lullsquietudes, serenities, tranquillities(or tranquilities) rattlesverbpresent tense third-person singular of rattleto make a series of short sharp noisesthe children tromped through the kitchen, making the plates on the shelf rattle clacks, clatters chinks, chirps, clanks, clicks, clinksclangs, clashes, crashesspatters, sputtersracketsclip-clops, clop-clops, clops to engage in casual or rambling conversationbusily rattling away about our vacation plans, we didn't listen to the announcements and missed our flight babbles, blabs, cackles, chaffers(British), chats, chatters, chins(slang), converses, gabbles, gabs, gases(or gasses), jabbers, jaws, kibitzes(also kibbitzes), natters, palavers, patters, prates, prattles, raps, runs on, schmoozes(or shmoozes), talks, twitters, visits gossips, tattlesdescants, discusses, expatiatesyaks(also yacks), yammers, yaps blows smoke, chews the fat(also chews the rag), shoots the breeze, talks a blue streak to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a pointshe rattled on and on about all her European shopping trips, but I wasn't really listening blathers (on), goes on, maunders, rambles, runs on deviates, digresses, strays, wanderssidetracksblabbers, blabs, blithers, bumbles, burbles, chats, chatters, drivels, drools, gabbles, gabs, gibbers, jabbers, patters, prates, prattles, waffles runs one's mouth to throw into a state of self-conscious distressdon't let a little mistake rattle you while you're playing during the piano recital abashes, confounds, confuses, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses(or nonplusses) agitates, bothers, chagrins, discomforts, discomposes, dismays, disquiets, distresses, disturbs, perturbs, puts off, puts out, unhinges, unsettles, upsetsdebases, degrades, demeans, humbles, humiliates, queers, shames calms, comforts, consoles, relieves, soothesbuoys, cheers, emboldens, encourages, heartensassures, reassures |