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rattled |
2 definitions found 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[ae]tele a rattle, in hr[ae]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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rattled adj : thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term) [syn: {flustered}, {hot and bothered(p)}, {perturbed}]
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