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Textual thesaurus for "rattling"

(adj) alert, spanking, snappy, zippy, brisk, merry, lively

quick and energetic

a brisk walk in the park; a lively gait; a merry chase; traveling at a rattling rate; a snappy pace; a spanking breeze


(adj) fantastic, marvellous, marvelous, terrific, tremendous, howling, grand, wonderful, wondrous

extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers

a fantastic trip to the Orient; the film was fantastic!; a howling success; a marvelous collection of rare books; had a rattling conversation about politics; a tremendous achievement


(adv) real, really, very

used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal

she was very gifted; he played very well; a really enjoyable evening; I'm real sorry about it; a rattling good yarn


(noun) rale, rattle

a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

the death rattle