rattle

To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.

to rattle a chain

Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy.

To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.

“Tut!” said old Bittlesham. “Tut is right”, I agreed. Then the rumminess of the thing struck me. “But if you haven’t dropped a parcel over the race,” I said, “why are you looking so rattled?”

That United were rattled, mentally as well as at times physically – legitimately so – was beyond question. Nick Powell clipped a crisp drive a foot over the bar, but otherwise Milton Keynes had the best of the remainder of the first half.

To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.

I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling.

To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.

Sound but another [drum], and another shall / As loud as thine rattle the welkin’s ear.

To scold; to rail at.

This came to the Bishop's Ear, who presently sent for the Curate, Rattled him to some Tune, with Menaces to the Highest Degree

Object that rattles.

Object that rattles.

Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Object that rattles.

The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other.

Object that rattles.

[T]he footpath to Hendon went across hay and corn fields and in summer the sound of rattles used by boys hired to "fray" the birds from the crops was familiar.

Object that rattles.

The rattle of the rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and modified in form so as to make a series of loose, hollow joints.

The majority of snakes were killed on the spot, as a snaker only had to produce the rattles to collect the bounty.

Alternative form of rottol: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight usually equal to 1–5 lb (0.5–2.5 kg).