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• rattle someone's cage — (informal) To stir someone up to anger or excitement • • • Main Entry: ↑rattle * * * rattle someone’s cage humorous phrase to make someone angry or upset Who rattled his cage? Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyed …   Useful english dictionary

• rattle — ► VERB 1) make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking or clinking sounds. 2) move or travel while making such sounds. 3) (rattle about/around in) be in or occupy (too large a space). 4) informal make nervous, worried, or… …   English terms dictionary

• Rattle — Rat tle, n. 1. A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Noisy, rapid talk. [1913 Webster] All this ado about the golden age is but an empty rattle and frivolous conceit. Hakewill. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Rattle — Rat tle (r[a^]t t l), v. t. 1. To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain. [1913 Webster] 2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise. [1913 Webster] Sound but another [drum], and another shall As loud as thine… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rattle — rattle1 [rat′ l] vi. rattled, rattling [ME ratelen, prob. of WGmc echoic orig., akin to Ger rasseln] 1. to make a series of sharp, short sounds in quick succession 2. to go or move with such sounds [a wagon rattling over the stones] 3. to talk… …   English World dictionary

• Rattle — Rat tle (r[a^]t t l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rattled} ( t ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rattling} ( tl[i^]ng).] [Akin to D. ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hr[ae]tele a rattle, in hr[ae]telwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. kradai nein to swing, wave. Cf. {Rail} a bird.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rattle someone's cage — rattle (someone s) cage to make someone angry on purpose, often in order to make them seem silly. She tried to rattle his cage with questions about his failed army career …   New idioms dictionary

• rattle cage — rattle (someone s) cage to make someone angry on purpose, often in order to make them seem silly. She tried to rattle his cage with questions about his failed army career …   New idioms dictionary

• rattle one's saber — {v. phr.} To threaten another government or country without subsequent acts of war. * /It is considered an act of demagoguery on the part of politicians to rattle their sabers./ Compare: YELLOW JOURNALISM …   Dictionary of American idioms

• rattle one's saber — {v. phr.} To threaten another government or country without subsequent acts of war. * /It is considered an act of demagoguery on the part of politicians to rattle their sabers./ Compare: YELLOW JOURNALISM …   Dictionary of American idioms

• rattle out — ˌrattle ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they rattle out he/she/it rattles out present participle rattling out past tense …   Useful english dictionary