Rat″tle (răt″t'l), v. t. 1. To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.
2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
Sound but another, and another shall
As loud as thine rattle the welkin's ear. Shak.
3. Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game.
4. To scold; to rail at. L'Estrange.
To rattle off. (a) To tell glibly or noisily; as, to rattle off a story. (b) To rail at; to scold. “She would sometimes rattle off her servants sharply.” Arbuthnot.