different between rattle vs clangour
rattle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æt.l?/
- Rhymes: -æt?l
Etymology 1
Verb from Middle English [Term?], either from Old English [Term?] (not attested) or Middle Dutch ratelen, ultimately imitative. The noun (c. 1500) is from the verb.
Noun
rattle (countable and uncountable, plural rattles)
- (onomatopoeia) a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.
- 1902, Arthur M. Winfield, The Rover Boys in the Mountains Chapter 4
- The rattle of a drum.
- 1902, Arthur M. Winfield, The Rover Boys in the Mountains Chapter 4
- A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.
- A device that makes a rattling sound such as put on an animal so its location can be heard.
- (music) A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.
- The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other.
- (dated) Noisy, rapid talk.
- 1627, George Hakewill, Apologie […] of the Power and Providence of God
- All this adoe about the golden age is but an empty rattle and frivolous conceipt.
- 1627, George Hakewill, Apologie […] of the Power and Providence of God
- (uncountable, now rare) Trivial chatter; gossip.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.5:
- “And pray where, Lady Honoria,” cried Mrs. Delvile, “do you contrive to pick up all this rattle?”
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.5:
- (dated) A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
- A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Heylin to this entry?)
- (zoology) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
- The noise produced in the throat by air passing through mucus which the lungs struggle to clear.
- The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel - sometimes occurs as a person nears death; death rattle.
- Any plant of the genus Rhinanthus, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.
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Verb
rattle (third-person singular simple present rattles, present participle rattling, simple past and past participle rattled)
- (transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
- (transitive, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
- 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves
- “Tut!” said old Bittlesham. “Tut is right”, I agreed. Then the rumminess of the thing struck me. “But if you haven’t dropped a parcel over the race,” I said, “why are you looking so rattled?”
- 2014, Richard Rae, "Manchester United humbled by MK Dons after Will Grigg hits double", The Guardian, 26 August 2014:
- That United were rattled, mentally as well as at times physically – legitimately so – was beyond question. Nick Powell clipped a crisp drive a foot over the bar, but otherwise Milton Keynes had the best of the remainder of the first half.
- 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves
- (intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
- (transitive, obsolete) To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.
- (transitive, obsolete) To scold; to rail at.
- This came to the Bishop's Ear, who presently sent for the Curate, Rattled him to some Tune, with Menaces to the Highest Degree
- To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
- To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away.
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Etymology 2
From Arabic ?????? (ra?l), variant of classical ?????? (ri?l), ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (lítra). Doublet of liter.
Noun
rattle (plural rattles)
- (historical units of measure) Alternative form of rottol: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight usually equal to 1–5 lb (0.5–2.5 kg).
Anagrams
- Tatler, latter
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clangour
English
Alternative forms
- clangor (US, Canadian)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klæ???/, /?klæ????/
- Rhymes: -æ??(r), -æ???(r)
Noun
clangour (countable and uncountable, plural clangours)
- (Britain, Canada) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
- 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love, Chapter XXIV: Death and Love,
- And always, as the dark, inchoate eyes turned to him, there passed through Gerald's bowels a burning stroke of revolt, that seemed to resound through his whole being, threatening to break his mind with its clangour, and making him mad.
- 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love, Chapter XXIV: Death and Love,
Derived terms
- clangorous
- clangorously
Translations
Verb
clangour (third-person singular simple present clangours, present participle clangouring, simple past and past participle clangoured)
- (Britain, Canada) To make a clanging sound.
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