Phrase Hound found 39 phrases and 45 compound words that contain rattle. The most common are listed below. Open rattle in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 39
- death rattleThe raspy or gurgling sound sometimes made by a person while drawing in or expelling their final breaths before dying.
- yellow-rattleAlternative spelling of yellow rattle.
- rattle offTo list or recite quickly.
- sabre-rattleTo threaten a big battle or war.
- rattle canSynonym of spray can: A pressurized canister that ejects its contents from a nozzle when a button is pressed; used for paint, cosmetics, lubricants, insecticide etc.
- gourd rattleA rattle made from a hollowed-out dried gourd into which dried seeds or gravel is placed.
- rattle snakeAlternative form of rattlesnake: Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.
- rattle snakesplural of rattle snake: Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.
- rattle trapAlternative spelling of rattletrap: Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair.
- Scotsman's rattleAn African tree, Amblygonocarpus andongensis.
- rattle sabresAlternative form of sabre-rattle: To threaten a big battle or war.
- rattle a sabreAlternative form of sabre-rattle: To threaten a big battle or war.
- rattle the sabreAlternative form of sabre-rattle: To threaten a big battle or war.
- rattle one's sabreAlternative form of sabre-rattle: To threaten a big battle or war.
- rattle aroundTo take up little space in a house or other building that one occupies; to live somewhere that is needlessly spacious.
- rattle someone's cageTo demand attention from someone; to nag, nudge, or remind someone.
- rattle throughTo do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.
- rattle-freeThat does not produce a rattling noise; (especially of a vehicle) not rattling when in motion.
- red rattleAny of several plant species of the genus Pedicularis and others.
- rattle aboutSynonym of rattle around: To take up little space in a house or other building that one occupies; to live somewhere that is needlessly spacious.
- rattle cannedsimple past and past participle of rattle can
- rattle canningpresent participle and gerund of rattle can
- rattle cansplural of rattle can: A pressurized canister that ejects its contents from a nozzle when a button is pressed; used for paint, cosmetics, lubricants, insecticide etc.
- rattle stoneSynonym of Indian paint pot: A concave, iron oxide–containing mineral concretion such as red shale which sheds a chalky, reddish debris when wet and rubbed, often found along beaches.
- rattle stonesplural of rattle stone: A concave, iron oxide–containing mineral concretion such as red shale which sheds a chalky, reddish debris when wet and rubbed, often found along beaches.
Compound words 45
- rattletrapMechanically unreliable or in disrepair.
- rattlebonesA tottering person or thing.
- rattleheadSomeone who makes empty or noisy conversation; a chatterer.
- rattlebrainA rattlebrained person.
- rattlesomeCharacterised or marked by rattling
- berattleTo rattle; rattle vigorously.
- rattlelessWithout a rattle.
- rattlerootSynonym of rattleweed (“Actaea racemosa”)
- rattlyThat rattles.
- antirattlePreventing a rattling noise.