rattled

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rattled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rattle \Rat"tle\ (r[a^]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattled
     (-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rattling (-tl[i^]ng).] [Akin to D.
     ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hr[ae]tele a rattle, in
     hr[ae]telwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. kradai`nein to swing, wave.
     Cf. Rail a bird.]
     1. To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises,
        as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies
        shaken together; to clatter.
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              And the rude hail in rattling tempest forms.
                                                    --Addison.
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              'T was but the wind,
              Or the car rattling o'er the stony street. --Byron.
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     2. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as,
        we rattled along for a couple of miles. [Colloq.]
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     3. To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and
        idly; to clatter; -- with on or away; as, she rattled on
        for an hour. [Colloq.]
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rattled - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rattled
      adj 1: thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is
             an informal term) [syn: flustered, hot and  bothered(p)
             , perturbed, rattled]