Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sabre rattle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: sabre rat-tle
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of sabre-rattle.

Example Sentences

"The head of the Montenegrin Communists, Momir Bulatovic, did not miss the opportunity to sabre rattle, even though only with words."
"America can sabre rattle as much as it likes but the reality is they won't come to Israel's aid this time. That is even if they bother to sabre rattle, which I am beginning to doubt."
"Those in the United States who want to sabre rattle at China and who think that this is a terrible threat are sadly mistaken."

Inflected Forms

sabre rattles (present, singular) sabre rattling (participle, present) sabre rattled (participle, past) sabre rattled (past)

Questions

What does sabre rattle mean?: Alternative form of sabre-rattle.

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