If something or someone rattles you, they make you nervous. She refused to be rattled by his £3,000-a-day lawyer. = unnerve + rattled rat·tled He swore in Spanish, another indication that he was rattled
A rattle is a wooden instrument that people shake to make a loud knocking noise at football matches or tribal ceremonies
a babys toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container
loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"
An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken