rattler
/ˈɹætələ(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A freight train or, (chiefly UK), a passenger train.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "You watch your step walking out there on the mesa, because in warmer season, the rattlers are up and about, and it's their turf."
- "I'll lay you odds that this old rattler don't get into Shanghai on time."
- "[…] laid handsomely out with such a rattler on the nose as nobody could have expected from a casky little man of five-feet-nothing."
Etymology
Etymology tree English rattle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English rattler From rattle + -er.
Usage
- American usage
- Informal
- Colloquial
- Dated