brattle

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English

Etymology

Apparently imitative, probably under influence of break + rattle.

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Verb

brattle (third-person singular simple present brattles, present participle brattling, simple past and past participle brattled)

  1. (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.

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