rattle

Pronúncia: ˈrætəl
    noun
  1. [noise: banging] copejament, colpejament.
  2. [of cart, train, etc.] sotragueig, trontoll.
  3. [of machine gun, etc.] petarrelleig.
  4. [rain] tamborineig.
  5. [throat] ranera.
  6. death rattle ranera de la mort.

  7. [instrument] xerric-xerrac, carrau, matraca.
  8. [child's] sonall, sonalla.
  9. [snake's] cascavell.
    10. transitive verb
  10. [shake] agitar, sacsejar.
  11. [play] fer sonar.
  12. [vibrate] fer vibrar (la veu).
  13. the wind rattled the window el vent feia cruixir la finestra.
  14. he rattled the bottle va agitar l'ampolla.

  15. to rattle off enumerar ràpidament.
  16. [person] desconcertar, confondre.
  17. posar nerviós.
  18. he was badly rattled va restar molt desconcertat.
  19. that rattled him badly això el va desconcertar de mala manera.
  20. to get rattled posar-se nerviós.
  21. he never gets rattled mai no perd la calma.
    22. intransitive verb
  22. colpejar.
  23. we were rattling along at 50 anàvem sotraquejant a 50 (quilòmetres per hora).
  24. she rattled on continuava garlant.
  25. she was rattling on about the war continuava (xerrant \ garlant) sense parar sobre la guerra.