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English Dictionary: rattling by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rattling
adv
  1. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
    Synonym(s): very, really, real, rattling
adj
  1. extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"
    Synonym(s): fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous
  2. quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
    Synonym(s): alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
n
  1. a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"
    Synonym(s): rattle, rattling, rale
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rattle \Rat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rattled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rattling}.] [Akin to D. ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hr[91]tele
      a rattle, in hr[91]telwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. [?] to swing,
      wave. Cf. {Rail} a bird.]
      1. To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises,
            as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies
            shaken together; to clatter.
  
                     And the rude hail in rattling tempest forms.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     'T was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the
                     stony street.                                    --Byron.
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