English Dictionary

rattler

/ˈɹætələ(ɹ)/

noun

Anything that rattles. / (chiefly US, informal) A rattlesnake. / A freight train or, (chiefly Britain), a passenger train. / (colloquial) Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train.

I heard a rattler in the bushes.

意味（1）

Anything that rattles.

意味（2）

(chiefly US, informal) A rattlesnake.

意味（3）

A freight train or, (chiefly Britain), a passenger train.

意味（4）

(colloquial) Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train.

意味（5）

(colloquial, dated) A loud, inconsiderate talker.

意味（6）

(colloquial, dated) A stunning blow.

[…] laid handsomely out with such a rattler on the nose as nobody could have expected from a casky little man of five-feet-nothing.

意味（7）

(colloquial, dated) An impudent lie; a whopper.