"brattle" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹætəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brattle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: brattles [present, singular, third-person], brattling [participle, present], brattled [participle, past], brattled [past]
Rhymes: -ætəl Etymology: Apparently imitative, probably under influence of break + rattle. Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-brattle-en-verb-acDms1JZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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