rattlepated

2 definitions found

rattlepated - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rattle-pated \Rat"tle-pat`ed\, a.
     Rattle-headed. "A noisy, rattle-pated fellow." --W. Irving.
     [1913 Webster]

rattlepated - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rattlepated
      adj 1: lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot
             ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came
             for"- Glenway Westcott [syn: rattlebrained,
             rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty]