rattler

See also: Rattler

English

Etymology

rattle +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹætələ(ɹ)/, /ˈɹætlə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ætlə(ɹ)

Noun

rattler (plural rattlers)

  1. Anything that rattles.
  2. (chiefly US, informal) A rattlesnake.
  3. A freight train or, (chiefly British), a passenger train.
  4. (colloquial) Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train.
  5. (colloquial, dated) A loud, inconsiderate talker.
  6. (colloquial, dated) A stunning blow.
    • (Can we date this quote by Alexander Montgomery and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), Five-Skull Island And Other Tales of the Malay Archipelago
      […] laid handsomely out with such a rattler on the nose as nobody could have expected from a casky little man of five-feet-nothing.
  7. (colloquial, dated) An impudent lie; a whopper.

Derived terms

Translations
rattlesnake — see rattlesnake

References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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