Definition of "rattlings" []

• Ratlines (noun)

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• "I occassionally write email in the toilet cubicles at work, and judging from the rattlings of mobile phone straps, so do quite a few of my colleagues."
• "This has worked for them in the past, the saber-rattlings and shrill threats, so it's no surprise that they are at it again; if you are a puffer fish, you puff up when you sense danger, but you have to wonder about the sanity of those in charge in that benighted land."
• "It was quiet, except for the faint rattlings of some small animal in the bushes and the swish of our pant legs through the long, wet grass."