Associations to the word «Rattler»

Wiktionary

RATTLER, noun. (chiefly US) (informal) A rattlesnake.
RATTLER, noun. A freight train or, (chiefly British), a decrepit passenger train.
RATTLER, noun. Something which rattles.

Dictionary definition

RATTLER, noun. Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken.
RATTLER, noun. A railroad train consisting of freight cars.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope