NOUN | event | rattling, rattle, rale | a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) |
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ADVERB | all | rattling, very, really, real | used as intensifiers |
ADJECTIVE | all | rattling, fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous | extraordinarily good or great |
all | rattling, alert, brisk, lively, merry, snappy, spanking, zippy | quick and energetic |
Sounds | rae'tahlihng; rae'tlihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers. | |
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Example | "had a rattling conversation about politics" | |
Synonyms | fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous | |
Broader | extraordinary | Beyond what is ordinary or usual / usual |
Spanish | bárbaro, brutal, clamoroso, estupendo, extraordinario, fabuloso, fantástico, fenomenal, formidable, genial, magnífico, maravilloso, sensacional, tremendo | |
Catalan | brutal, clamorós, espaterrant, estupend, extraordinari, fantàstic, fenomenal, formidable, genial, magnífic, meravellós, sensacional, tremend |
Meaning | Quick and energetic. | |
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Example | "traveling at a rattling rate" | |
Synonyms | alert, brisk, lively, merry, snappy, spanking, zippy | |
Broader | energetic | possessing or exerting or displaying energy |
Spanish | enérgico, vigoroso, vivaz | |
Catalan | enèrgic, vigorós, vivaç |
Meaning | A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders). | |
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Synonyms | rattle, rale | |
Narrower | crepitation rale | The crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale |
Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
Catalan | ranera | |
Verbs | rattle | shake and cause to make a rattling noise |
rattle | make short successive sounds |
Meaning | Used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal. | |
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Example | "a rattling good yarn" | |
Synonyms | very, really, real |
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