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rattler
/ˈɹætələ(ɹ)/
noun 5name 1
Collocations
3RATTLER + NOUN
nose
PREP.
on, with
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
Anything that rattles.
2
A rattlesnake.
You watch your step walking out there on the mesa, because in warmer season, the rattlers are up and about, and it's their turf.
3
A freight train or, (chiefly British), a passenger train.
4
Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train.
5
A loud, inconsiderate talker.
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that ra
- rattlesnake
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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You watch your step walking out there on the mesa, because in warmer season, the rattlers are up and about, and it's their turf.
Wiktionary02
[…] laid handsomely out with such a rattler on the nose as nobody could have expected from a casky little man of five-feet-nothing.
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