brattle
English
editEtymology
editApparently imitative, probably under influence of break + rattle.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈbɹætəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ætəl
Verb
editbrattle (third-person singular simple present brattles, present participle brattling, simple past and past participle brattled)
- (intransitive) To rattle; to make a scampering noise.
- 1972, John Gardner, Grendel, London, page 6:
- Him too I hate, the same as I hate these brainless budding trees, these brattling birds.