rattick

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verb

To shake, rattle, knock about; to be rickety.

“The windows rattick whenever the wind blows hard.”

OriginOld English *hratecian →
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Meanings

verbrattick (third-person singular simple present ratticks, present participle ratticking, simple past and past participle ratticked)

present singular third person ratticks · participle present ratticking · participle past ratticked · past ratticked · alternative rattik

  1. dialectalintransitiveTo shake, rattle, knock about; to be rickety.

    The windows rattick whenever the wind blows hard.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhratian“to quicken, hasten”
  2. Old English*hratecian“to rattle”
  3. Englishrattick

Uncertain. Perhaps a dissimilation of rattle. Alternatively, perhaps from Old English *hratecian (“to rattle”), from Old English hratian (“to quicken, hasten”) + -(e)cian (frequentative suffix).

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APA

rattick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rattick

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“rattick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rattick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rattick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rattick.

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