Synonyms for rattler

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rat-ler

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræt lər

Définition of rattler

Origin : mid-15c., "one who talks overmuch," agent noun from rattle (v.). From c.1300 as a surname. As short for rattlesnake, 1827.

As in freight train : noun train that has freight cars

Example sentences :

There was not a stick in sight, and not a stone bigger than a hazelnut; but there was the rattler.
Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

I guessed a rattler, or a bear, or—or something had got busy scaring you to death.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Jasper Swope had whirled back from the blow as a rattler throws his coils.
Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

I bought the Brantlock Ranch from you the other day, Rattler.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

I could feel that rattler on my arm all the way to Lake Tahoe.
Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett

But the rattler was more surely fatal when it struck than the bullet.
Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

But from what you say, I'd rather be in bed with a rattler than have a treaty with a Vegan.
Extract from : « Upstarts » by L. J. Stecher

It's 'bout like puttin' your hand in a rattler's den to git him by the tail, I'd say.
Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton

The black snake doesn't sting you, and yet he'll kill the rattler every time.
Extract from : « The Phantom of the River » by Edward S. Ellis

Shun idleness as you do the sting of a hornet, or the bite of a rattler.
Extract from : « The Choctaw Freedmen » by Robert Elliott Flickinger

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