to rattle through something

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

• rattle through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rattle through : present tense I/you/we/they rattle through he/she/it rattles through present participle rattling through past tense rattled through past participle rattled through British informal rattle… …   English dictionary

• rattle through — PHRASAL VERB If you rattle through something, you deal with it quickly in order to finish it. [mainly BRIT] [V P n] She rattled through a translation from Virgil s Aeneid …   English dictionary

• rattle through — verb To do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily …   Wiktionary

• rattle — rat|tle1 [ rætl ] verb 1. ) intransitive if something rattles, it makes short sharp knocking sounds as it moves or shakes: The house shook and the doors and windows rattled. There s something rattling in the bottom of that box. a ) transitive to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• rattle — rat|tle1 [ˈrætl] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from Middle Low German ratelen] 1.) [I and T] if you rattle something, or if it rattles, it shakes and makes a quick series of short sounds ▪ Dan banged on her door and rattled the handle. ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rattle — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to shake, or make something shake, with quick repeated knocking noises: The windows rattled in the wind. | The beggar was rattling coins in an old mug. 2 (I) to move quickly, making a rattling noise (+ along/past/over etc): The… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• rattle — [[t]ræ̱t(ə)l[/t]] rattles, rattling, rattled 1) V ERG When something rattles or when you rattle it, it makes short sharp knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard. She slams the kitchen door so hard I… …   English dictionary

• rattle — I UK [ˈræt(ə)l] / US verb Word forms rattle : present tense I/you/we/they rattle he/she/it rattles present participle rattling past tense rattled past participle rattled 1) a) [intransitive] if something rattles, it makes short sharp knocking… …   English dictionary

• rattle something off — REEL OFF, recite, list, fire off, run through, enumerate. → rattle * * * say, perform, or produce something quickly and effortlessly he rattled off some instructions * * * ˌrattle sthˈoff derived to say sth from memory without having to think too …   Useful english dictionary

• rattle — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. give out a rapid succession of short sharp hard sounds. b tr. make (a chair, window, crockery, etc.) do this. c intr. cause such sounds by shaking something (rattled at the door). 2 a intr. move with a rattling noise. b intr …   Useful english dictionary