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Words related to rattle
rat·tle
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rattlesnake
any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail. -
cascabel
a knoblike protrusion on the rear part of the breech of an obsolete muzzle-loading cannon -
clack
If things clack or if you clack them, they make a short loud noise, especially when they hit each other. -
clepe
to call by the name of -
crepitate
to make a rattling or crackling sound; rattle or crackle -
death rattle
If you say that one thing is the death rattle of another, you mean that the first thing is a sign that very soon the second thing will come to an end.