Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

watchman's rattle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: watch-man's rat-tle
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument, with a vibrating tongue fixed in a frame, which slips over the teeth of a ratchet wheel and produces a loud raucous sound when whirled around, once used by watchmen to warn of danger

Inflected Forms

watchman's rattles (plural) watchmen's rattles (plural)

Synonyms

fiddle

Questions

What does watchman's rattle mean?: An instrument, with a vibrating tongue fixed in a frame, which slips over the teeth of a ratchet wheel and produces a loud raucous sound when whirled around, once used by watchmen to warn of danger

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