Words that rhyme with rattle

• apple 0
  n 1: fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh 2: native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits [syn: apple, orchard apple tree, Malus pumila]
• astraddle 0
  adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn: astride, astraddle]
• babble 0
  n 1: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble, babbling, lallation] v 1: utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention" 2: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither] 3: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle] 4: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]
• bagel 0
  n 1: (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust [syn: bagel, beigel]
• battle 0
  n 1: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" [syn: battle, conflict, fight, engagement] 2: an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" [syn: struggle, battle] 3: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"-- Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: conflict, struggle, battle] v 1: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" [syn: battle, combat]
• bedraggle 0
  v 1: make wet and dirty, as from rain [syn: bedraggle, draggle]
• bottle 0
  n 1: a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped 2: the quantity contained in a bottle [syn: bottle, bottleful] 3: a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children [syn: bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle] v 1: store (liquids or gases) in bottles 2: put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water"
• brattle 0
  v 1: make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter, clack, brattle]
• cackle 0
  n 1: the sound made by a hen after laying an egg 2: noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle] 3: a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle v 1: talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine" 2: squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens 3: emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
• castle 0
  n 1: a large and stately mansion [syn: palace, castle] 2: a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack 3: (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard [syn: castle, rook] 4: interchanging the positions of the king and a rook [syn: castle, castling] v 1: move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
• cattle 0
  n 1: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" [syn: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus]
• chapel 0
  n 1: a place of worship that has its own altar 2: a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar; "he was late for chapel" [syn: chapel service, chapel]
• chattel 0
  n 1: personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) [syn: chattel, personal chattel, movable]
• crackle 0
  adj 1: having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze" n 1: the sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: crackle, crackling, crepitation] 2: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface [syn: crackle, crackleware, crackle china] v 1: make a crackling sound; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl" [syn: crepitate, crackle] 2: make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle] 3: to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
• dabble 0
  v 1: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid 2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: dabble, paddle, splash around] 3: work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" [syn: dabble, smatter, play around] 4: bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water; "dabbling ducks"
• dapple 0
  n 1: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation] v 1: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades [syn: mottle, dapple, cloud]
• embattle 0
  v 1: fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense; "an embattled castle" 2: prepare for battle or conflict
• ladle 0
  n 1: a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another v 1: put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle; "ladle soup into the bowl" 2: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden]
• natal 0
  adj 1: relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences" 2: of or relating to the buttocks n 1: a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994" [syn: Natal, KwaZulu-Natal] 2: a port city in northeastern Brazil
• paddle 0
  n 1: small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games 2: a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel 3: an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board 4: a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat [syn: paddle, boat paddle] v 1: propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe" 2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: dabble, paddle, splash around] 3: swim like a dog in shallow water 4: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle] 5: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: spank, paddle, larrup] 6: stir with a paddle
• papal 0
  adj 1: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation" [syn: papal, apostolic, apostolical, pontifical]
• prattle 0
  n 1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
• rabble 0
  n 1: a disorderly crowd of people [syn: mob, rabble, rout] 2: disparaging terms for the common people [syn: rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail]
• saddle 0
  n 1: a seat for the rider of a horse or camel 2: a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) [syn: saddleback, saddle] 3: cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins 4: a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe 5: a seat for the rider of a bicycle [syn: bicycle seat, saddle] 6: posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl v 1: put a saddle on; "saddle the horses" [ant: offsaddle, unsaddle] 2: load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility" 3: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: charge, saddle, burden]
• scrabble 0
  n 1: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle] 2: a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game v 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark" [syn: grope for, scrabble] 2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: scribble, scrabble]
• scrapple 0
  n 1: scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying
• shackle 0
  n 1: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn: shackle, bond, hamper, trammel] 2: a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar v 1: bind the arms of [syn: pinion, shackle] 2: restrain with fetters [syn: fetter, shackle]
• spackle 0
  n 1: powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster [syn: spackle, spackling compound]
• straddle 0
  n 1: a noncommittal or equivocal position 2: a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars 3: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle, span] 4: the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options v 1: sit or stand astride of 2: range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" [syn: range, straddle] 3: be noncommittal
• straggle 0
  n 1: a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers" v 1: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle] 2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle]
• table 0
  n 1: a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" [syn: table, tabular array] 2: a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" 3: a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant" 4: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" [syn: mesa, table] 5: a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks" 6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table] v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] 2: arrange or enter in tabular form [syn: table, tabularize, tabularise, tabulate]
• tackle 0
  n 1: the person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student" 2: gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails [syn: rigging, tackle] 3: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig] 4: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle" 5: (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground v 1: accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task" [syn: undertake, tackle, take on] 2: put a harness; "harness the horse" [syn: harness, tackle] [ant: unharness] 3: seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
• tattle 0
  n 1: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn: tattle, singing, telling] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble] 2: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]
• waggle 0
  n 1: causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: wag, waggle, shake] v 1: move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail" [syn: wag, waggle] 2: move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion [syn: wamble, waggle]
• seattle 0
  n 1: a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Ranier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington
• ratel 0
  n 1: nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia [syn: ratel, honey badger, Mellivora capensis]
• quetzalcoatl 0
  n 1: an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent
• statal 0
• battel 0

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