1.To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.
2.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."
3.Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game. (Colloq.)
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."
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