<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions</li><li>to move or go, especially rapidly, with such sounds</li><li>to talk rapidly; chatter</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to cause to rattle</li><li>to drive, send, bring, etc., especially rapidly, with rattling sounds</li><li>to utter or perform in a rapid or lively manner</li><li>to disconcert or confuse (a person)</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies</li><li>an instrument contrived to make a rattling sound, especially a baby's toy filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken</li><li>the series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail of a rattlesnake, with which it produces a rattling sound</li><li>a rattling sound in the throat, as the death rattle</li></ul>