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rattling¹

adjective more rattling · most rattling

  1. Lively, quick (speech, pace).
  2. dated, emphatic, intensifier good, fine. a rattling good lunch

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of rattle

noun rattlings

  1. rattle (a sound made by objects shaking or vibrating against one another)

rattling²

noun rattlings

  1. alternative Alternative form of ratline

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: zippy, lively, brisk, energetic, merry, tremendous, marvelous, wonderful, wondrous, extraordinary, snappy, fantastic, terrific, howling, spanking, very

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noun a sound made by objects colliding against one another

DeutschRasseln, Gerassel, Klappern, Geklapper

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@misc{rattling_2026,
  title = {rattling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rattling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}