Word Image
plural: rattles
Part Of Speech
noun, verb
Word Meaning
noun: a series of short sharp sounds; a device or toy for making a rattling sound; a rattling organ at the end of a rattlesnake’s tail made up of horny joints
verb: to make or cause to make a rattle; to move with a rattle; to say or do in a brisk lively way; to disturb the calmness of
Word Family
rattled
rattling
rattler
rattlesnake
rattletrap
rattlebox
rattlebrain
Sentences
The baby just loves her new rattle!
I’d go nuts if I had to endure the rattle of that bottling plant every day.
I froze, watching the thick rattlesnake wind past through the grass.
He caught several of the rattlers sunning themselves on the rocks.
Something is rattling in my car when I drive it.
He got very rattled when I started asking questions.
The old window shutters rattled in the wind.
That old truck goes rattling down the road every morning.
As she rattled off the correct answers, we were very impressed.
I have shakers that rattle just like a rattlesnake’s tail.
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