Rattle

rat'l, v.i. to produce lapnlly the sound — rat: to clatter: to speak eagerly and noisily v.t to cause to make a rattle or clatter to stun with noise.— n. a sharp noise rapidly repeated a clatter loud empty talk a toy or instrument for rattling. [A.S. hratele, cog. with Ger. ra cln Out. rateten Gr. krotalon,]