rattles

Meanings

Noun

• a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
• a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
• loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail
• plural of rattle

Verb

• make short successive sounds
• shake and cause to make a rattling noise
• third-person singular simple present indicative of rattle

Synonyms

rale, rattle, rattling