rattling

Meanings

• a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
• make short successive sounds
• shake and cause to make a rattling noise
• extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers
  • "had a rattling conversation about politics"
• quick and energetic
  • "traveling at a rattling rate"
• used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
  • "a rattling good yarn"

Synonyms

alert, brisk, fantastic, grand, howling, lively, marvellous, marvelous, merry, rale, rattle, real, really, snappy, spanking, terrific, tremendous, very, wonderful, wondrous, zippy