"rattle off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-rattle off.ogg Forms: rattles off [present, singular, third-person], rattling off [participle, present], rattled off [participle, past], rattled off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rattle off (third-person singular simple present rattles off, present participle rattling off, simple past and past participle rattled off)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To list or recite quickly. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (list or recite quickly): ladella (Finnish), luetella (Finnish), énumérer rapidement (French), débiter rapidement (French), herunterrattern (German), ramse opp (Norwegian), отбараба́нивать (otbarabánivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отбараба́нить (otbarabánitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), decir de carrerilla (Spanish), recitar de carrerilla (Spanish), enumerar de carrerilla (Spanish), citar de carrerilla (Spanish), declamar de carrerilla (Spanish), rabbla upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rattle_off-en-verb-mnwxCanW Categories (other): Talking Disambiguation of Talking: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'list or recite quickly': 100 0
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To rail at; to scold. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: reel off, trot out, rhyme off [Canadian]
    Sense id: en-rattle_off-en-verb-UHhEzrIh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Talking Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Talking: 46 54

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "list or recite quickly",
      "word": "ladella"
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      "word": "luetella"
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      "sense": "list or recite quickly",
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      "sense": "list or recite quickly",
      "word": "débiter rapidement"
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      "sense": "list or recite quickly",
      "word": "herunterrattern"
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      "sense": "list or recite quickly",
      "word": "ramse opp"
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      "word": "отбараба́нить"
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      "word": "decir de carrerilla"
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      "word": "declamar de carrerilla"
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