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rattle
verb
to agitate or to unnerve someone US, 1887- Firebug and Happy Jack are playing pool [...] FIREBUG: Eh, Roy? You reckon he’s lettin’ me win again? [...] ROY: You rattled ‘im with yer safety shots — Guy Ritchie et al., Lock, Stock... & Four Stolen Hooves, p. 59, 2000
▶ rattle beads
to complain US- — American Speech, p. 58, Spring-Summer 1970
▶ rattle someone’s knickers
to have sex US- “I wonder who’s rattling her knickers.” — Elaine Shepard, The Doom Pussy, p. 59, 1967
▶ rattle your cage
to annoy or to aggravate you; to arouse your indignation UK, 1990- I know better than to rattle her cage any sooner than I strictly need. — Kevin Sampson, Clubland, p. 229, 2002
- What did you do to rattle her cage? — Colin Butts, Is Harry Still on the Boat?, p. 273, 2003
▶ rattle your dags
to hurry NEW ZEALAND- I’m not overstruck on that new cop–Told me to rattle my dags out of there. — Gordon Slatter, The Pagan Game, p. 16, 1968
- — Louis S. Leland, A Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary, p. 85, 1984
- “Move along,” someone behind them said. “Move! Rattle yer dags! Move, there!” — Elizabeth Jolley, The Sugar Mother, p. 161, 1988
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