rattling

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Adjective

rattling

1. Lively, quick (speech, pace).
2. (dated, intensifier) good, fine.

   a rattling good lunch

   • I'd like nothing better this minute, said Mr Browne stoutly, than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.

Verb

1. present participle of rattle#English|rattle

Noun

rattling (plural rattlings)

1. rattle a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another

Noun

rattling (plural rattlings)

1. (nautical) Alternative form of ratline

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