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rattling

[rat-ling]

adjective

  1. that rattles: rattle.

    a rattling door.

  2. remarkably good, lively, or fast.

    a rattling talk; a rattling gallop.



adverb

  1. very.

    a rattling good time.

rattling

/ ˈæٱɪŋ /

adverb

  1. informal(intensifier qualifying something good, fine, pleasant, etc)

    a rattling good lunch

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • rattlingly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rattling1

1350–1400; Middle English ratelinge; rattle 1, -ing 2
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The World Bank downgraded its growth forecast for the US in both 2025 and 2026, because of escalating trade tensions rattling investor confidence as well as private consumption.

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Then, as if on cue, the skaters disperse around the pool bowl, streaming in and out of it, the sound of rattling wheels and screeching metal on concrete filling the space.

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The Philippous have an eye for wonderful, miserable detail, like a coroner’s stretcher that gets stuck on a doorway as it goes rattling out of the house.

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Residents across a broad swath of the region reported a loud boom and rattling sensation around 10:45 p.m.

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At the other end, Pollock twice streaked away for scores that had the Principality's rafters rattling and threatened to turn Saints' resistance into all-out rebellion.

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