Rattle \Rat"tle\ (r[a^]t"t'l), v. t.
   1. To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to
      rattle a chain.
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   2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
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            Sound but another [drum], and another shall
            As loud as thine rattle the welkin's ear. --Shak.
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   3. Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's
      judgment; to rattle a player in a game. [Colloq.]
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   4. To scold; to rail at. --L'Estrange.
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   To rattle off.
      (a) To tell glibly or noisily; as, to rattle off a story.
      (b) To rail at; to scold. "She would sometimes rattle off
          her servants sharply." --Arbuthnot.
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