Read full poem →Nor the fever nothing cures:
Throb of drum and timbal's rattle
Call but man alive to battle,
Dictionary Entry
To make a noise like hard objects knocking together, or to cause something to make such a noise.
In a Sentence
“The baby shook the colorful toy, and it began to rattle loudly.”
Origin
Likely imitative of the sound. From Old English 'ratelian'.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “rattle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →On coming in, and his vigorous stride
Made the tools on his table rattle and jump.
In his hands he carried a new-burst clump
Read full poem →I heerd him there on Gordon's Ridge;
I heerd the loose boards bump and rattle
When he went over Houghton's Bridge."
Read full poem →Clink, and rattle, and roar —
The old man looks around him
Read full poem →And forced in country mansion-house to fix.
That miss may rattle here in coach-and-six.
Read full poem →And let the choir sing a stormy song
To drown the rattle of my dying breath.
Read full poem →Torn by the fury of bullet and shell.
Ah, but the day is past: silent the rattle,
And the confusion that followed the fight.
Read full poem →The heavy grouse's sudden whirr,
The rattle of the kingfisher;
Saw bonfires of the harlot flies
Read full poem →Ground he at grammar;
Still, thro' the rattle, parts of speech were rife:
While he could stammer
Read full poem →List’ning the doors an’ winnocks rattle,
I thought me on the ourie cattle,