brattle

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/ˈbɹætəl/

verb

To rattle; to make a scampering noise.

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clatterclack
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Meanings

brattle1

verbbrattle (third-person singular simple present brattles, present participle brattling, simple past and past participle brattled)

present singular third person brattles · participle present brattling · participle past brattled · past brattled

  1. intransitiveTo rattle; to make a scampering noise.

    Him too I hate, the same as I hate these brainless budding trees, these brattling birds.

    1972, John Gardner, Grendel, London, page 6

Brattle2

proper noun
  1. A surname

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake a rattling sound

Similar
clatterclack
Broader
make noiseresoundnoise
Also see
clackclatter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Apparently imitative, probably under influence of break + rattle.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with brattle

Seattlebattlerattlechattelprattle
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Anagrams

TalbertblatterbattlerBarlettBarteltBrattel
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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