Rattles [verb]
Definition of Rattles:
bang, jiggle
Synonyms of Rattles:
● Knock
● Shatter
● Jar
● Jolt
● Bounce
● Vibrate
● Shake
● Sound
● Jangle
● Drum
● Bicker
● Jounce
● Clack
● Clatter
Opposite/Antonyms of Rattles:
● Soothe
● Placate
● Appease
Sentence/Example of Rattles:
He awaited, in an agony of suspense, the rattle of the musketry.
All up the Valley the drums' rattle drowned the drone of the locusts in the stubble.
Now the rattle of a key in the hall-door was startlingly audible.
They also held the oxen's yokes, so that nobody or anything could rattle, or make any noise.
Down it went, at all events, with a rattle that might easily have broken the glass.
There was a clatter and rattle of speeding hoofs, which rapidly died out.
Then the watching man heard the rattle of a key in the lock.
A rattle of firearms far off on the other side of the river left it unspoken.
The rattle of certain snakes is supposed to act as a love-call.
Strings of shells which a visitor could rattle answered for door-bells.