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rattle

(n): a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

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(n): sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

(n): a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

(n): an artifact designed to be played with

(n): loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

(n): the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

(v): make short successive sounds

(v): make a certain noise or sound

(v): shake and cause to make a rattling noise

(v): move or cause to move back and forth

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2 months ago yarb said:

My pennies rattle in the plastic bowl.

- Peter Reading, Kwickie Service, from The Prison Cell and Barrel Mystery, 1976

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