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a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
rattling
1. adj. Lively, quick (speech, pace).
2. adj. (dated, intensifier) good, fine.
a rattling good lunch
3. v. present participle of rattle
4. n. rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)
5. n. (nautical) alternative form of ratline
rattle
1. n. (onomatopoeia) a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.
I wish they would fix the rattle under my dashboard.
2. n. A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.
3. n. A device that makes a rattling sound such as put on an animal so its location can be heard.
4. n. A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.
5. n. (dated) Noisy, rapid talk.
6. n. (dated) A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
7. n. A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
8. n. (zoology) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
The rattle of the rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and modified in form so as to make a series of loose, hollow joints.
9. n. The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; death rattle.
10. n. Any plant of the genus Rhinanthus, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.
11. v. (transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
to rattle a chain
Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy.
12. v. (transitive, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
13. v. (intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling.
14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.
15. v. (transitive, obsolete) To scold; to rail at.
16. v. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
We rattled along for a couple of miles.
17. v. To make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly; with on or away.
She rattled on for an hour.
18. n. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of rottol: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight usually equal to 1–5 lb (0.5–2.5 kg).
noise
1. n. Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.
2. n. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
3. n. (technology) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio)
4. n. (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
5. n. Rumour or complaint.
The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office.
6. n. (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
7. n. (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
8. v. (intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.
9. v. To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.

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