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Definition of "rattly" []

  • Rattling or likely to rattle; clattering. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rattly" in a sentence
  • "Yes, the outside of her figurehead was mighty hard to beat, everybody said so; but the inside was kind of -- well, kind of rattly, as you might say."
  • "As for us kanakas, our heads were hot and light and rattly as dry gourds with the whisky and the rum."
  • "It's a rattly festival of lifesaving compounds that — once the dreaded expiry date has arrived — no longer serve any legal function past perhaps so many makeshift maracas."
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