Usage examples (34)

• Verb (used without object) : The windows rattled in their frames. ,The car rattled along the highway. ,He rattled on for an hour about...
• Verb (used with object) : He rattled the doorknob violently. ,The wind rattled the metal can across the roadway. ,to rattle off a list of...
• The prospect that he might not be confirmed in the Senate for another term rattled markets last week.
• The coin rattled to the floor and both men dropped to their knees.