Rattle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈæɾəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈatəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈatəl/

1 syllable Say it as /ɹˈæɾəl/.

Examples

the death rattle

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rattling rale

Parts of Speech

noun	a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) “the death rattle”
noun	a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
noun	loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail
verb	make short successive sounds
verb	shake and cause to make a rattling noise

Word Forms

rattle	verb	make short successive sounds
rattle	noun	a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
rattling	noun	a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
rattler	noun	pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Rassel

eine schnelle Folge kurzer, lauter Geräusche (wie sie bei einigen Arten von Atemwegserkrankungen mit einem Stethoskop zu hören sind)

🇫🇷French

hochet

une série rapide de sons courts et forts (comme on peut l'entendre avec un stéthoscope dans certains types de troubles respiratoires)

🇪🇸Spanish

traqueteo

una serie rápida de sonidos breves y fuertes (como los que se pueden escuchar con un estetoscopio en algunos tipos de trastornos respiratorios)

🇮🇹Italian

sonaglio

una serie rapida di suoni brevi e forti (come potrebbe essere udito con uno stetoscopio in alcuni tipi di disturbi respiratori)

🇳🇱Dutch

rammelaar

een snelle reeks korte, luide geluiden (zoals te horen is met een stethoscoop bij sommige soorten ademhalingsstoornissen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

chocalho

uma série rápida de sons curtos e altos (como pode ser ouvido com um estetoscópio em alguns tipos de distúrbios respiratórios)

🇷🇺Russian

греметь

быстрая серия коротких громких звуков (которые можно услышать с помощью стетоскопа при некоторых типах респираторных заболеваний)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खड़खड़

छोटी तेज़ आवाज़ों की तीव्र श्रृंखला (जैसा कि कुछ प्रकार के श्वसन विकारों में स्टेथोस्कोप से सुना जा सकता है)

🇧🇩Bengali

বিড়বিড়

ছোট জোরে শব্দের একটি দ্রুত সিরিজ (যেমন কিছু ধরনের শ্বাসযন্ত্রের ব্যাধিতে স্টেথোস্কোপ দিয়ে শোনা যায়)

🇮🇳Tamil

சத்தம்

குறுகிய உரத்த ஒலிகளின் விரைவான தொடர் (சில வகையான சுவாசக் கோளாறுகளில் ஸ்டெதாஸ்கோப் மூலம் கேட்கலாம்)

🇮🇳Telugu

గిలక్కాయలు

చిన్న పెద్ద శబ్దాల వేగవంతమైన శ్రేణి (కొన్ని రకాల శ్వాసకోశ రుగ్మతలలో స్టెతస్కోప్‌తో వినవచ్చు)

🇮🇳Marathi

खडखडाट

लहान मोठ्या आवाजांची एक जलद मालिका (जसे काही प्रकारच्या श्वसन विकारांमध्ये स्टेथोस्कोपने ऐकले जाऊ शकते)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખડખડાટ

ટૂંકા મોટા અવાજોની એક ઝડપી શ્રેણી (જેમ કે કેટલાક પ્રકારના શ્વસન વિકૃતિઓમાં સ્ટેથોસ્કોપથી સાંભળી શકાય છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗಲಾಟೆ

ಸಣ್ಣ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಶಬ್ದಗಳ ತ್ವರಿತ ಸರಣಿ (ಕೆಲವು ರೀತಿಯ ಉಸಿರಾಟದ ಅಸ್ವಸ್ಥತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಟೆತೊಸ್ಕೋಪ್‌ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕೇಳಬಹುದು)

🇮🇳Malayalam

അലറുക

ചെറിയ ഉച്ചത്തിലുള്ള ശബ്ദങ്ങളുടെ ഒരു ദ്രുത പരമ്പര (ചില തരത്തിലുള്ള ശ്വാസകോശ സംബന്ധമായ അസുഖങ്ങളിൽ സ്റ്റെതസ്കോപ്പ് ഉപയോഗിച്ച് കേൾക്കാം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰਟਲ

ਛੋਟੀਆਂ ਉੱਚੀਆਂ ਆਵਾਜ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਤੇਜ਼ ਲੜੀ (ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਸਾਹ ਦੀਆਂ ਬਿਮਾਰੀਆਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਕੁਝ ਕਿਸਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਟੈਥੋਸਕੋਪ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

کھڑکھڑانا

مختصر اونچی آوازوں کا ایک تیز سلسلہ (جیسا کہ سانس کے امراض کی کچھ اقسام میں سٹیتھوسکوپ کے ساتھ سنا جا سکتا ہے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

拨浪鼓

一系列快速的短而响亮的声音（在某些类型的呼吸系统疾病中用听诊器可能会听到）

🇯🇵Japanese

ガラガラ

急速に続く短い大きな音（一部の種類の呼吸器疾患で聴診器で聞こえる可能性があります）

🇰🇷Korean

딸랑이

일련의 짧고 큰 소리(일부 유형의 호흡기 질환에서 청진기로 들을 수 있는 것과 같음)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tiếng lạch cạch

một chuỗi âm thanh lớn ngắn nhanh chóng (có thể được nghe bằng ống nghe trong một số loại rối loạn hô hấp)

🇹🇭Thai

สั่น

เสียงดังสั้น ๆ อย่างรวดเร็ว (ดังที่อาจได้ยินด้วยหูฟังของแพทย์ในโรคระบบทางเดินหายใจบางประเภท)

🇮🇩Indonesian

berdetak

serangkaian suara keras pendek yang cepat (seperti yang mungkin terdengar dengan stetoskop pada beberapa jenis gangguan pernapasan)

🇵🇭Filipino

kalansing

isang mabilis na serye ng mga maiikling malakas na tunog (tulad ng maaaring marinig sa isang stethoscope sa ilang mga uri ng mga sakit sa paghinga)

🇲🇾Malay

kompang

siri cepat bunyi kuat pendek (seperti yang mungkin didengar dengan stetoskop dalam beberapa jenis gangguan pernafasan)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حشرجة الموت

سلسلة سريعة من الأصوات العالية القصيرة (كما يمكن سماعها باستخدام سماعة الطبيب في بعض أنواع اضطرابات الجهاز التنفسي)

🇮🇷Persian

جغجغه کردن

مجموعه ای سریع از صداهای بلند کوتاه (همانطور که ممکن است با گوشی پزشکی در برخی از انواع اختلالات تنفسی شنیده شود)

🇹🇷Turkish

çıngırak

hızlı bir dizi kısa yüksek ses (bazı solunum bozuklukları türlerinde steteskopla duyulabileceği gibi)

🇮🇱Hebrew

טִרטוּר

סדרה מהירה של צלילים חזקים קצרים (כפי שניתן לשמוע עם סטטוסקופ בכמה סוגים של הפרעות נשימה)

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The primary meaning of 'rattle' is 'a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)'.

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