rattlern.

Brit.

/ˈratl̩ə/,

/ˈratlə/, U.S.

/ˈrædlər/,

/ˈrætlər/

Forms: late Middle English rateler, late Middle English ratyller, 1500s–1700s (1800s English regional (northern)) ratler, 1600s– rattler; Scottish pre-1700 rateller, 1800s– rattler.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rattle v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < rattle v.¹ + -er suffix¹.Perhaps attested earlier as a surname: Simon le Rateler (1309), although this could alternatively show a formation < rattle n.¹ with the meaning ‘person who makes rattles’. In sense 2c after rattlesnake n. With sense 4 perhaps compare ratchel n. Compare also rattlejack n. (b) at rattle n.¹ Compounds.

†a. With out. A person who expounds or recites scripture, etc., rapidly or incessantly. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] > in specific ways

speakera1340

breatherc1384

boasterc1400

rattlerc1449

brawler1581

shredder1592

venter1611

speak-truth1614

ranter1649

bawler1656

yelper1673

mouther1746

spouter1759

oralist1867

mushmouth1868

loudmouth1870

megaphonist1906

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 88 (MED) He is a greet and thikke rateler out of textis of Holi Scripture.

†b. A stutterer. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > one who speaks inarticulately > one who stammered or stuttered

wlaffer1340

buffera1382

droterc1440

stoterc1440

mafflardc1450

rattler1483

stammerera1513

fumbler1519

stutter1530

maffler1552

mantera1585

stutterer1598

hummer1820

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 300 A Ratyller, travlus.

c. A person who chatters constantly; = rattle n.¹ 6b. Now rare.

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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person

chaterestrea1250

jangler1303

babbler1366

blabbererc1375

jangleressc1386

talkerc1386

clatterer1388

cacklera1400

languager1436

carperc1440

mamblerc1450

praterc1500

jackdaw?1520

chewet1546

flibbertigibbet1549

clatterfart1552

patterer1552

piec1557

long tongue?1562

prattler1567

piet1574

twattler1577

brawler1581

nimble-chops1581

pratepie1582

roita1585

whittera1585

full-mouth1589

interprater1591

chatterer1592

pianet1594

bablatrice1595

parakeet1598

Bow-bell cockney1600

prattle-basket1602

bagpipe1603

worder1606

babliaminy1608

chougha1616

gabbler1624

blatterer1627

magpie1632

prate-apace1636

rattlea1637

clack1640

blateroon1647

overtalker1654

prate-roast1671

prattle-box1671

babelard1678

twattle-basket1688

mouth1699

tongue-pad1699

chatterista1704

rattler1709

morologist1727

chatterbox1774

palaverer1788

gabber1792

whitter-whatter1805

slangwhanger1807

nash-gab1816

pump1823

windbag1827

big mouth1834

gasbag1841

chattermag1844

tattle-monger1848

rattletrap1850

gasser1855

mouth almighty1864

clucker1869

talky-talky1869

gabster1870

loudmouth1870

tonguester1871

palaverista1873

mag1876

jawsmith1887

spieler1894

twitterer1895

yabbler1901

wordster1904

poofter1916

blatherer1920

ear-bender1922

burbler1923

woofer1934

ear-basher1944

motormouth1955

yacker1960

yammerer1978

jay-

1709 W. King Useful Trans. in Philos. Mar.–Apr. Pref. sig. A 2^v It is hop'd that if any Persons know themselves to be..Tongue-Padds, Spokesmen, Rattlers, Bouncers, &c. they would..bequeath their Tongues to be dissected.

1793 J. O'Keeffe London Hermit ii. ii. 49 I thought you then a rattler, and find I was right,—but don't tease me now with nonsense, for I'm really distress'd.

1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney III. 50 The volatile, gay, agreeable rattler of other days.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. vi. 117 We have only to sharpen our wits to trip your seductive rattler whenever we may choose to think proper.

1959 She May 21/3 Rattler, great talker.

1970 in M. Girodias New Olympia Reader 697 ‘Look, Pops..if you're not just a rattler, we'll race you.’.. Daddy-O flushed slightly, ‘Rattler?’ ‘Big talker.’

a. Any of various things which make a rattling noise; spec. = rattle n.¹ 2a.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rattling > that which

rattle1519

rattle-bladder1548

rattler1558

rattle-bag1583

crackle1591

rattlebox1696

cherry-clapper1763

cherry-clack1824

1558 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1993) (modernized text) VIII. 66 To Thomas my son both the ratlers.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. C4 Her working-day words..be ratlers like thunder sir.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xxi. 202 The noise of Bels and ratlers to rouse up the drowsie Fryers.

1705 Fugitive 69 It came down Stairs with such a clutter... No body had any Courage left to face this formidable Rattler but my self.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. viii. 198 With slugs..never gun shot closer... But..the old rattler will never do you the service she has done me.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Rattler, a child's rattle.

1971 K. Awoonor This Earth, my Brother 6 A small group of gong boys followed him beating time to the fall of his rattler that shook with its bells.

1998 K. Eshun More Brilliant than Sun i. 181 Whenever in Drum 'n' Bass the sound gets very scratchy, with lots of shakers and rattlers, there's often a lot of sounds where the percussion is..too mobile for the ear to grasp as a solid sound.

b. slang. A vehicle which makes a rattling noise; spec. an old or rickety vehicle, a horse-drawn coach, or (in later use) a train.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach > rattling

rattler1622

rattle1785

rattletrap1822

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > rattling

rattlebox1835

rattler1871

1622 J. Taylor Arrant Thiefe sig. B7 If our Hackney Ratlers were so drawne, With Cords, or Ropes, or Halters.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Rattler, a Coach.

1753 Disc. John Poulter (ed. 2) 34 Go three or four Miles out of Town to meet the Rattlers, that is Coaches.

1819 Sporting Mag. 5 123 The lads in their rattlers, heavy drags, and tumblers.

1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 674 Boscoe made his appearance in a rattler, with four prime prads.

1871 Lakeside Monthly Oct. 323/1 I am going on the rattlers tomorrow to nick a lot of flats and molls.

1903 A. M. Binstead Pitcher in Paradise viii. 193 On the followin' Saturday afternoon I took the rattler down to Aldershot.

1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 109 Miss Stokes had a puncture. ‘Let me wheel the rattler,’ said Albert.

1951 Collier's 17 Nov. 8/2 We're rolling across the country in a very luxurious rattler.

1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 88 Rattler, a tram or street-car.

1977 ‘J. Fraser’ Hearts Ease in Death v. 38 ‘Where's the ambulance?’ ‘We sent it away... The first one was an old rattler. We've sent for the Daimler which has better springing.’

2001 FourFourTwo Sept. 30/2 Newcastle United fans ritually sprinting the length of Durham station when their King's Cross rattler calls there.

c. Originally and chiefly U.S. A rattlesnake.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > member of genus Sistrurus

rattlesnake1624

cascabel1758

prairie rattlesnake1817

rattler1827

massasauga1835

Mississauga rattler1843

mangrove cascabel1858

sidewiper1873

prairie rattler1878

ground rattler1908

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus or member of genus Crotalus > rattlesnake

rattlesnake1624

cascabel1758

prairie rattlesnake1817

rattler1827

water rattle1832

mangrove cascabel1858

horned rattlesnake1870

sidewinder1875

prairie rattler1878

diamond rattlesnake1883

water rattler1888

diamond-back1907

timber rattler1936

1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. xvii. 249 The snakes of the prairies are harmless, unless it be now and then an angered rattler.

1884 J. G. Bourke Snake Dance Moquis xiii. 147 He was holding in his hand the biggest snake in the whole collection, a rattler not less than five feet long.

1909 Chambers's Jrnl. July 431/2 Many of the little snakes of the tropics are as poisonous as the dreaded rattler.

1949 G. B. Shaw Buoyant Billions iv. 48 You cannot charm the rattlers and gaters as I can.

1978 P. Theroux Picture Palace ii. 8 I was moving round the room, hunched like a cowboy that hears a rattler.

1991 Nature Canada Summer 29/1 Gopher snakes, also called bullsnakes, are mistaken for Pacific and Prairie rattlers—often with fatal results for the snake.

a. colloquial. A violent or severe blow; (in quot. 1973) a fatal blow. Now rare.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow

rumble1489

revel1603

rattle1632

rebuke1692

twitcher1771

rattler1812

dingbat1843

wiper1846

a sleeve across the windpipe1952

1812 Sporting Mag. 40 66 Receiving a rattler in the neck.

1827 Sporting Mag. New Ser. 21 145 He got one rattler when I was in the country.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. viii. 68 I should have given him a rattler for himself, if Mrs. Boffin hadn't thrown herself betwixt us.

a1916 R. J. E. Tiddy Mummers' Play (1923) 183 I..fetched him a rattler on the napper.

1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1449/3 They will stay in there,..occasionally pounding home a kick,..saving just enough strength to punch home a ‘rattler’.

b. British regional. An outright lie. Cf. rapper n. 1a. Now rare.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant

a lie with a latchet1580

rapper1611

banger1657

thumper1660

whisker1668

swinger1671

thwacker1674

strapper1677

volunteer1680

hummer1699

swapperc1700

rouser?1770

plumper1776

whopper1791

bouncer1803

yanker1822

rattler1825

whacker1825

falsism1835

crumper1855

bang1879

out-and-outer1880

big lie1939

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Ratler, a great lie, an abominable falsehood.

1839 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. 127 Then it's a rattler, o'l uphoud the.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Rattler,..cant term for a lie. Gif that idn a rattler tell me!

c. A particularly good or impressive example of something (cf. rattling adj. 3a); spec. (esp. in early use) (a) a fast horse; (b) Cricket a fast or powerful delivery; (c) a particularly industrious, capable, or energetic person.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [noun] > excellent

rattler1830

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > good person

bricka1845

my tulip1847

honey1848

a (bad, good, etc.) sortc1869

rattler1886

toff1898

one of the best1917

goody1934

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > one who is rapid or makes rapid progress

hasting1546

fire-eater1841

fast timer1881

rattler1886

sprinter1899

fast worker1917

swiftie1945

1830 Times 27 May 3/2 Sir Harry Beagle [sc. a horse]..convinced the King's people that he was a rattler.

1853 F. Gale Public School Matches 13 The first ball is well pitched and comes in a rattler to the middle stump.

1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 127 If he can only jump..and get pretty quick over his fences, he ought to be a rattler.

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxiv. 271 That ‘Cyclone’ was a rattler to go, and the sweetest thing to steer that ever walked the waters.

1886 J. M. Thompson Banker of Bankersville ix. 134 Your partner is a whole team, hain't he? He's a rattler!

1917 H. Garland Son of Middle Border xxiv. 290 You may consider yourself hired for as long as you please to stay. You're a rattler.

1919 F. Harrison Let. 20 May in M. Williams Way to Lord's (1983) xiii. 254 Mynn sent down rattlers hour after hour.

1989 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Nov. It was a real rattler of a good yarn, and just the kind of play we would expect to find in Radio 4's Monday evening slot.

2007 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 6 Jan. 91 It's third round action in the FA Cup. Liverpool v Arsenal will be an absolute rattler.

†d. Nautical. A strong wind; a violent storm. Obsolete.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > stormy weather > a storm

stormc825

un-i-withereOE

tempestc1250

riggc1400

orage1477

buba1500

procellea1500

stour1827

rattler1835

1835 T. Power Jrnl. 25 Mar. in Impressions of Amer. (1836) ii. 266 Our breeze freshened gradually all the evening, until by midnight it blew a rattler.

1858 Adm. Hornby in Autobiog. (1896) 60 In the first watch we got a rattler, only got the fore- and mizzen-top sails in in time to save them.

1860 in F. Aylmer Cruise in Pacific I. ii. 21 There was but one regular storm, and that certainly was a rattler.

†e. colloquial. A particularly long word. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > other specific types of word

hard word1533

household word1574

magic word1581

grandam words1598

signal word1645

book worda1670

wordie1718

my whole1777

foundling1827–38

keyword1827

Mesopotamia1827

thought-word1844

word-symbol1852

nursery word1853

pivot word1865

rattler1865

object word1876

pillow word1877

nonce-word1884

non-word1893

fossil1901

blessed word1910

bogy-word1919

catch-all1922

pseudo-word1929

false friend1931

plus word1939

descriptor1946

meta-word1952

discourse marker1967

shrub2008

1865 ‘M. Twain’ in Californian 18 Mar. 8/1 One of them rattlers with a clatter of syllables as long as a string of sluice boxes.

†4. Mining. British regional. In singular or plural. Any of various kinds of hard, brittle, or fragmented rock or coal. Obsolete.

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1821 J. C. Curwen in Trans. Soc. Arts 39 40 Rattler, which is a mixture of coal and schistus... Rattler does not fall, and is very light in comparison to its bulk.

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. 91 In sinking to the limestone, the shafts passed through a course of small concretions of calcareous clay iron stone, called ‘Rattlers’.

1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 54 Rattler, inferior gas coal; sandy shale.

†5. English regional (northern). A razor with a very thin blade. Obsolete.

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1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Ratler,..a very concave razor, so thin as, when used, to rattle on the face.

1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 1149 From the vibration to which they are liable when applied to a strong beard, they are called by the Sheffield cutlers, rattler razors.

1863 Reliquary 3 127 The comparative merits of the ‘Old English’, ‘Ground on a four-inch stone’, ‘Rattler’, or ‘Frame-bladed’ razor.

Phrases

Horse Racing. with a rattler: = with a rattle at rattle n.¹ Phrases 1. rare.

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1826 Times 10 June 4/5 Jocko and Frogmore came off with a rattler, and kept the front till beyond the distance-post.

2006 Mirror (Nexis) 21 Oct. 3 Jockey Eric Saint-Martin was in trouble with the local stewards after getting in all sorts of trouble at the top of the straight then coming home with a rattler.

Compounds

C1. (In sense 2c.)

rattler hatband n.

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1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. 23/1 One day when we were in a local shop, the owner remarked that he would pay $10 for a rattler hatband.

1996 Phoenix New Times (Nexis) 4 July Packed from floor to ceiling with all manner of rattlerabilia, the trailer's inventory includes snakeskin earrings, vertebrae bracelets, rattler hat bands and other standard-issue Wild West souvenir-stand fare.

rattler steak n.

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1928 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 20 July 1/2 (heading) Rattler steaks on menu of college girl campers 4 times. Co-eds say can't get enough of fried snakes.

2003 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 16 May (Friday! section) 3 The rattler steak I had at the Sweetwater (Texas) Rattlesnake Roundup is as close as I want to get to anything that slithers.

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rattler-jumper n. Australian colloquial (now chiefly historical) a person who travels on a train without paying a fare.

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1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 Mar. 33/2 It looks as though the Queensland Government will have to run special trains to cope with ‘rattler’-jumpers, who nowadays travel in packs.

2001 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 13 Oct. r18 The play centres on Josh, an 80-year-old pensioner, once a communist and a rattler-jumper in the Depression.

rattler-jumping n. and adj. Australian colloquial (now chiefly historical) the action or practice of travelling on a train or trains without paying a fare; cf. jump v. 6b.

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1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 May 20/1 Of all vocations rattler-jumping is the least easy.

1965 R. H. Conquest Horses in Kitchen vi. 45 Queensland was the ideal State for rattler-jumping.

1969 P. Adam-Smith Folklore Austral. Railwaymen 168 He..wasn't going to trust no rattler-jumping foot-loose school teacher with them [sc. his daughters].

2000 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Mar. w4 When a novice rattler-jumping bagman responded, he'd have the unfortunate traveller out of the truck in a flash and into the cells charged with evading rail fares.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	rattler
释义	rattlern. Brit. /ˈratl̩ə/, /ˈratlə/, U.S. /ˈrædlər/, /ˈrætlər/ Forms: late Middle English rateler, late Middle English ratyller, 1500s–1700s (1800s English regional (northern)) ratler, 1600s– rattler; Scottish pre-1700 rateller, 1800s– rattler. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rattle v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < rattle v.¹ + -er suffix¹.Perhaps attested earlier as a surname: Simon le Rateler (1309), although this could alternatively show a formation < rattle n.¹ with the meaning ‘person who makes rattles’. In sense 2c after rattlesnake n. With sense 4 perhaps compare ratchel n. Compare also rattlejack n. (b) at rattle n.¹ Compounds. 1. †a. With out. A person who expounds or recites scripture, etc., rapidly or incessantly. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] > in specific ways speakera1340 breatherc1384 boasterc1400 rattlerc1449 brawler1581 shredder1592 venter1611 speak-truth1614 ranter1649 bawler1656 yelper1673 mouther1746 spouter1759 oralist1867 mushmouth1868 loudmouth1870 megaphonist1906 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 88 (MED) He is a greet and thikke rateler out of textis of Holi Scripture. †b. A stutterer. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > one who speaks inarticulately > one who stammered or stuttered wlaffer1340 buffera1382 droterc1440 stoterc1440 mafflardc1450 rattler1483 stammerera1513 fumbler1519 stutter1530 maffler1552 mantera1585 stutterer1598 hummer1820 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 300 A Ratyller, travlus. c. A person who chatters constantly; = rattle n.¹ 6b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person chaterestrea1250 jangler1303 babbler1366 blabbererc1375 jangleressc1386 talkerc1386 clatterer1388 cacklera1400 languager1436 carperc1440 mamblerc1450 praterc1500 jackdaw?1520 chewet1546 flibbertigibbet1549 clatterfart1552 patterer1552 piec1557 long tongue?1562 prattler1567 piet1574 twattler1577 brawler1581 nimble-chops1581 pratepie1582 roita1585 whittera1585 full-mouth1589 interprater1591 chatterer1592 pianet1594 bablatrice1595 parakeet1598 Bow-bell cockney1600 prattle-basket1602 bagpipe1603 worder1606 babliaminy1608 chougha1616 gabbler1624 blatterer1627 magpie1632 prate-apace1636 rattlea1637 clack1640 blateroon1647 overtalker1654 prate-roast1671 prattle-box1671 babelard1678 twattle-basket1688 mouth1699 tongue-pad1699 chatterista1704 rattler1709 morologist1727 chatterbox1774 palaverer1788 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 slangwhanger1807 nash-gab1816 pump1823 windbag1827 big mouth1834 gasbag1841 chattermag1844 tattle-monger1848 rattletrap1850 gasser1855 mouth almighty1864 clucker1869 talky-talky1869 gabster1870 loudmouth1870 tonguester1871 palaverista1873 mag1876 jawsmith1887 spieler1894 twitterer1895 yabbler1901 wordster1904 poofter1916 blatherer1920 ear-bender1922 burbler1923 woofer1934 ear-basher1944 motormouth1955 yacker1960 yammerer1978 jay- 1709 W. King Useful Trans. in Philos. Mar.–Apr. Pref. sig. A 2^v It is hop'd that if any Persons know themselves to be..Tongue-Padds, Spokesmen, Rattlers, Bouncers, &c. they would..bequeath their Tongues to be dissected. 1793 J. O'Keeffe London Hermit ii. ii. 49 I thought you then a rattler, and find I was right,—but don't tease me now with nonsense, for I'm really distress'd. 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney III. 50 The volatile, gay, agreeable rattler of other days. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. vi. 117 We have only to sharpen our wits to trip your seductive rattler whenever we may choose to think proper. 1959 She May 21/3 Rattler, great talker. 1970 in M. Girodias New Olympia Reader 697 ‘Look, Pops..if you're not just a rattler, we'll race you.’.. Daddy-O flushed slightly, ‘Rattler?’ ‘Big talker.’ 2. a. Any of various things which make a rattling noise; spec. = rattle n.¹ 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rattling > that which rattle1519 rattle-bladder1548 rattler1558 rattle-bag1583 crackle1591 rattlebox1696 cherry-clapper1763 cherry-clack1824 1558 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1993) (modernized text) VIII. 66 To Thomas my son both the ratlers. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. C4 Her working-day words..be ratlers like thunder sir. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xxi. 202 The noise of Bels and ratlers to rouse up the drowsie Fryers. 1705 Fugitive 69 It came down Stairs with such a clutter... No body had any Courage left to face this formidable Rattler but my self. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. viii. 198 With slugs..never gun shot closer... But..the old rattler will never do you the service she has done me. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Rattler, a child's rattle. 1971 K. Awoonor This Earth, my Brother 6 A small group of gong boys followed him beating time to the fall of his rattler that shook with its bells. 1998 K. Eshun More Brilliant than Sun i. 181 Whenever in Drum 'n' Bass the sound gets very scratchy, with lots of shakers and rattlers, there's often a lot of sounds where the percussion is..too mobile for the ear to grasp as a solid sound. b. slang. A vehicle which makes a rattling noise; spec. an old or rickety vehicle, a horse-drawn coach, or (in later use) a train. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach > rattling rattler1622 rattle1785 rattletrap1822 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > rattling rattlebox1835 rattler1871 1622 J. Taylor Arrant Thiefe sig. B7 If our Hackney Ratlers were so drawne, With Cords, or Ropes, or Halters. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Rattler, a Coach. 1753 Disc. John Poulter (ed. 2) 34 Go three or four Miles out of Town to meet the Rattlers, that is Coaches. 1819 Sporting Mag. 5 123 The lads in their rattlers, heavy drags, and tumblers. 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 674 Boscoe made his appearance in a rattler, with four prime prads. 1871 Lakeside Monthly Oct. 323/1 I am going on the rattlers tomorrow to nick a lot of flats and molls. 1903 A. M. Binstead Pitcher in Paradise viii. 193 On the followin' Saturday afternoon I took the rattler down to Aldershot. 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 109 Miss Stokes had a puncture. ‘Let me wheel the rattler,’ said Albert. 1951 Collier's 17 Nov. 8/2 We're rolling across the country in a very luxurious rattler. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 88 Rattler, a tram or street-car. 1977 ‘J. Fraser’ Hearts Ease in Death v. 38 ‘Where's the ambulance?’ ‘We sent it away... The first one was an old rattler. We've sent for the Daimler which has better springing.’ 2001 FourFourTwo Sept. 30/2 Newcastle United fans ritually sprinting the length of Durham station when their King's Cross rattler calls there. c. Originally and chiefly U.S. A rattlesnake. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > member of genus Sistrurus rattlesnake1624 cascabel1758 prairie rattlesnake1817 rattler1827 massasauga1835 Mississauga rattler1843 mangrove cascabel1858 sidewiper1873 prairie rattler1878 ground rattler1908 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus or member of genus Crotalus > rattlesnake rattlesnake1624 cascabel1758 prairie rattlesnake1817 rattler1827 water rattle1832 mangrove cascabel1858 horned rattlesnake1870 sidewinder1875 prairie rattler1878 diamond rattlesnake1883 water rattler1888 diamond-back1907 timber rattler1936 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. xvii. 249 The snakes of the prairies are harmless, unless it be now and then an angered rattler. 1884 J. G. Bourke Snake Dance Moquis xiii. 147 He was holding in his hand the biggest snake in the whole collection, a rattler not less than five feet long. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. July 431/2 Many of the little snakes of the tropics are as poisonous as the dreaded rattler. 1949 G. B. Shaw Buoyant Billions iv. 48 You cannot charm the rattlers and gaters as I can. 1978 P. Theroux Picture Palace ii. 8 I was moving round the room, hunched like a cowboy that hears a rattler. 1991 Nature Canada Summer 29/1 Gopher snakes, also called bullsnakes, are mistaken for Pacific and Prairie rattlers—often with fatal results for the snake. 3. a. colloquial. A violent or severe blow; (in quot. 1973) a fatal blow. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow rumble1489 revel1603 rattle1632 rebuke1692 twitcher1771 rattler1812 dingbat1843 wiper1846 a sleeve across the windpipe1952 1812 Sporting Mag. 40 66 Receiving a rattler in the neck. 1827 Sporting Mag. New Ser. 21 145 He got one rattler when I was in the country. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. viii. 68 I should have given him a rattler for himself, if Mrs. Boffin hadn't thrown herself betwixt us. a1916 R. J. E. Tiddy Mummers' Play (1923) 183 I..fetched him a rattler on the napper. 1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1449/3 They will stay in there,..occasionally pounding home a kick,..saving just enough strength to punch home a ‘rattler’. b. British regional. An outright lie. Cf. rapper n. 1a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant a lie with a latchet1580 rapper1611 banger1657 thumper1660 whisker1668 swinger1671 thwacker1674 strapper1677 volunteer1680 hummer1699 swapperc1700 rouser?1770 plumper1776 whopper1791 bouncer1803 yanker1822 rattler1825 whacker1825 falsism1835 crumper1855 bang1879 out-and-outer1880 big lie1939 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Ratler, a great lie, an abominable falsehood. 1839 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. 127 Then it's a rattler, o'l uphoud the. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Rattler,..cant term for a lie. Gif that idn a rattler tell me! c. A particularly good or impressive example of something (cf. rattling adj. 3a); spec. (esp. in early use) (a) a fast horse; (b) Cricket a fast or powerful delivery; (c) a particularly industrious, capable, or energetic person. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [noun] > excellent rattler1830 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > good person bricka1845 my tulip1847 honey1848 a (bad, good, etc.) sortc1869 rattler1886 toff1898 one of the best1917 goody1934 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > one who is rapid or makes rapid progress hasting1546 fire-eater1841 fast timer1881 rattler1886 sprinter1899 fast worker1917 swiftie1945 1830 Times 27 May 3/2 Sir Harry Beagle [sc. a horse]..convinced the King's people that he was a rattler. 1853 F. Gale Public School Matches 13 The first ball is well pitched and comes in a rattler to the middle stump. 1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 127 If he can only jump..and get pretty quick over his fences, he ought to be a rattler. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxiv. 271 That ‘Cyclone’ was a rattler to go, and the sweetest thing to steer that ever walked the waters. 1886 J. M. Thompson Banker of Bankersville ix. 134 Your partner is a whole team, hain't he? He's a rattler! 1917 H. Garland Son of Middle Border xxiv. 290 You may consider yourself hired for as long as you please to stay. You're a rattler. 1919 F. Harrison Let. 20 May in M. Williams Way to Lord's (1983) xiii. 254 Mynn sent down rattlers hour after hour. 1989 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Nov. It was a real rattler of a good yarn, and just the kind of play we would expect to find in Radio 4's Monday evening slot. 2007 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 6 Jan. 91 It's third round action in the FA Cup. Liverpool v Arsenal will be an absolute rattler. †d. Nautical. A strong wind; a violent storm. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > stormy weather > a storm stormc825 un-i-withereOE tempestc1250 riggc1400 orage1477 buba1500 procellea1500 stour1827 rattler1835 1835 T. Power Jrnl. 25 Mar. in Impressions of Amer. (1836) ii. 266 Our breeze freshened gradually all the evening, until by midnight it blew a rattler. 1858 Adm. Hornby in Autobiog. (1896) 60 In the first watch we got a rattler, only got the fore- and mizzen-top sails in in time to save them. 1860 in F. Aylmer Cruise in Pacific I. ii. 21 There was but one regular storm, and that certainly was a rattler. †e. colloquial. A particularly long word. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > other specific types of word hard word1533 household word1574 magic word1581 grandam words1598 signal word1645 book worda1670 wordie1718 my whole1777 foundling1827–38 keyword1827 Mesopotamia1827 thought-word1844 word-symbol1852 nursery word1853 pivot word1865 rattler1865 object word1876 pillow word1877 nonce-word1884 non-word1893 fossil1901 blessed word1910 bogy-word1919 catch-all1922 pseudo-word1929 false friend1931 plus word1939 descriptor1946 meta-word1952 discourse marker1967 shrub2008 1865 ‘M. Twain’ in Californian 18 Mar. 8/1 One of them rattlers with a clatter of syllables as long as a string of sluice boxes. †4. Mining. British regional. In singular or plural. Any of various kinds of hard, brittle, or fragmented rock or coal. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1821 J. C. Curwen in Trans. Soc. Arts 39 40 Rattler, which is a mixture of coal and schistus... Rattler does not fall, and is very light in comparison to its bulk. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. 91 In sinking to the limestone, the shafts passed through a course of small concretions of calcareous clay iron stone, called ‘Rattlers’. 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 54 Rattler, inferior gas coal; sandy shale. †5. English regional (northern). A razor with a very thin blade. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Ratler,..a very concave razor, so thin as, when used, to rattle on the face. 1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 1149 From the vibration to which they are liable when applied to a strong beard, they are called by the Sheffield cutlers, rattler razors. 1863 Reliquary 3 127 The comparative merits of the ‘Old English’, ‘Ground on a four-inch stone’, ‘Rattler’, or ‘Frame-bladed’ razor. Phrases Horse Racing. with a rattler: = with a rattle at rattle n.¹ Phrases 1. rare. ΚΠ 1826 Times 10 June 4/5 Jocko and Frogmore came off with a rattler, and kept the front till beyond the distance-post. 2006 Mirror (Nexis) 21 Oct. 3 Jockey Eric Saint-Martin was in trouble with the local stewards after getting in all sorts of trouble at the top of the straight then coming home with a rattler. Compounds C1. (In sense 2c.) rattler hatband n. ΚΠ 1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. 23/1 One day when we were in a local shop, the owner remarked that he would pay $10 for a rattler hatband. 1996 Phoenix New Times (Nexis) 4 July Packed from floor to ceiling with all manner of rattlerabilia, the trailer's inventory includes snakeskin earrings, vertebrae bracelets, rattler hat bands and other standard-issue Wild West souvenir-stand fare. rattler steak n. ΚΠ 1928 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 20 July 1/2 (heading) Rattler steaks on menu of college girl campers 4 times. Co-eds say can't get enough of fried snakes. 2003 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 16 May (Friday! section) 3 The rattler steak I had at the Sweetwater (Texas) Rattlesnake Roundup is as close as I want to get to anything that slithers. C2. rattler-jumper n. Australian colloquial (now chiefly historical) a person who travels on a train without paying a fare. ΚΠ 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 Mar. 33/2 It looks as though the Queensland Government will have to run special trains to cope with ‘rattler’-jumpers, who nowadays travel in packs. 2001 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 13 Oct. r18 The play centres on Josh, an 80-year-old pensioner, once a communist and a rattler-jumper in the Depression. rattler-jumping n. and adj. Australian colloquial (now chiefly historical) the action or practice of travelling on a train or trains without paying a fare; cf. jump v. 6b. ΚΠ 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 May 20/1 Of all vocations rattler-jumping is the least easy. 1965 R. H. Conquest Horses in Kitchen vi. 45 Queensland was the ideal State for rattler-jumping. 1969 P. Adam-Smith Folklore Austral. Railwaymen 168 He..wasn't going to trust no rattler-jumping foot-loose school teacher with them [sc. his daughters]. 2000 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Mar. w4 When a novice rattler-jumping bagman responded, he'd have the unfortunate traveller out of the truck in a flash and into the cells charged with evading rail fares. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1449
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