simple past tense and past participle of rattle the saber

simple past tense and past participle of rattle one's saber

simple past tense and past participle of rattle one's sabre

(idiomatic, transitive) To list or recite quickly. / (obsolete, transitive) To rail at; to scold.

(idiomatic) A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used. / (idiomatic, figuratively) Any threat, such as one company threatening another with a lawsuit.

present participle of sabre-rattle

Bellicose; threatening military action.

chiefly US spelling of sabre-rattling

present participle of saber-rattle

chiefly US spelling of sabre-rattling