"sabre-rattling" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-sabre-rattling.ogg Forms: more sabre-rattling [comparative], most sabre-rattling [superlative]
Etymology: From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre. Head templates: {{en-adj}} sabre-rattling (comparative more sabre-rattling, superlative most sabre-rattling)
  1. Bellicose; threatening military action.
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Noun

Audio: En-au-sabre-rattling.ogg Forms: sabre-rattlings [plural]
Etymology: From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sabre-rattling (countable and uncountable, plural sabre-rattlings)
  1. (idiomatic) A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Translations (display of military power as an implied threat): бра́зганне збро́яй (brázhannje zbrójaj) [neuter] (Belarusian), дръ́нкане на оръ́жие (drǎ́nkane na orǎ́žie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 耀武揚威 (Chinese Mandarin), 耀武扬威 (yàowǔ yángwēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 炫耀武力 (xuànyào wǔlì) (Chinese Mandarin), sabelgekletter [neuter] (Dutch), wapengekletter [neuter] (Dutch), sapelinkalistelu (Finnish), bruits de bottes [masculine, plural] (French), Säbelrasseln [neuter] (German), kardcsörtetés (Hungarian), tintinnar(e) di sciabole (Italian), 威嚇的な武力 (ikakuteki na buryoku) (alt: いかくてきなぶりょく) (Japanese), pobrzękiwanie szabelką [neuter] (Polish), бряца́ние ору́жием (brjacánije orúžijem) [neuter] (Russian), ruido de sables [masculine] (Spanish), sabelskrammel [neuter] (Swedish), брязкоті́ння збро́єю (brjazkotínnja zbrójeju) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sabre-rattling-en-noun-3PkKdetE Disambiguation of 'display of military power as an implied threat': 83 17
  2. (idiomatic, figuratively) Any threat, such as one company threatening another with a lawsuit. Tags: countable, figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable Translations (figuratively: any threat): sapelinkalistelu (Finnish), Säbelrasseln [neuter] (German)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gunboat diplomacy

Verb

Audio: En-au-sabre-rattling.ogg
Etymology: From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sabre-rattling
  1. present participle and gerund of sabre-rattle Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sabre-rattle Synonyms: saber-rattling [US], saber rattling [US], sabre rattling
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(idiomatic, figuratively) Any threat, such as one company threatening another with a lawsuit."
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      "sense": "display of military power as an implied threat",
      "word": "耀武揚威"
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      "roman": "yàowǔ yángwēi",
      "sense": "display of military power as an implied threat",
      "word": "耀武扬威"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "xuànyào wǔlì",
      "sense": "display of military power as an implied threat",
      "word": "炫耀武力"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "display of military power as an implied threat",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "bruits de bottes"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "display of military power as an implied threat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Säbelrasseln"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "display of military power as an implied threat",
      "word": "kardcsörtetés"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "display of military power as an implied threat",
      "word": "tintinnar(e) di sciabole"
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    {
      "alt": "いかくてきなぶりょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ikakuteki na buryoku",
      "sense": "display of military power as an implied threat",
      "word": "威嚇的な武力"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "pobrzękiwanie szabelką"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бряца́ние ору́жием"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ruido de sables"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "display of military power as an implied threat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "брязкоті́ння збро́єю"
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      "word": "sapelinkalistelu"
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      "code": "de",
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