brattice | (noun) a partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine | - |
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(verb) supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines | - |
brattiness | (noun) The state or condition of acting like a brat, being unruly and impolite. | - |
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brattish | (adjective) (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly | Synonyms: bratty |
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brattle | (verb) make a rattling sound | Synonyms: clack, clatter |
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bratty | (adjective) (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly | Synonyms: brattish |
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counterattack | (noun) an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. | Synonyms: countermove |
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(noun) (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board | Synonyms: counterplay |
(verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterstrike |
counterattraction | (noun) a rival attraction | - |
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prattle | (noun) idle or foolish and irrelevant talk | Synonyms: blether, chin music, idle talk, prate |
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(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
prattler | (noun) someone who speaks in a childish way | - |
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rattail | (noun) deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail | Synonyms: grenadier, rattail fish |
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rattan | (noun) a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms | Synonyms: ratan |
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(noun) climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes | Synonyms: Calamus rotang, rattan palm |
(noun) the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes | Synonyms: rattan cane |
ratter | (noun) any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats | Synonyms: rat terrier |
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(noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: apostate, deserter, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
ratting | (noun) to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) | Synonyms: informing |
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rattle | (noun) loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail | - |
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(noun) a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken | - |
(noun) a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) | Synonyms: rale, rattling |
(verb) shake and cause to make a rattling noise | - |
(verb) make short successive sounds | - |
rattlebox | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops | Synonyms: crotalaria |
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rattlebrained | (adjective) lacking sense or discretion | Synonyms: rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty |
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rattled | (adjective) thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term) | Synonyms: flustered, hot and bothered, perturbed |
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rattlepated | (adjective) lacking sense or discretion | Synonyms: rattlebrained, scatterbrained, scatty |
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rattler | (noun) pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken | Synonyms: rattlesnake |
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(noun) a railroad train consisting of freight cars | Synonyms: freight train |
rattlesnake | (noun) pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken | Synonyms: rattler |
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rattling | (adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: alert, brisk, lively, merry, snappy, spanking, zippy |
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(adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
(noun) a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) | Synonyms: rale, rattle |
(adverb) used to give emphasis | Synonyms: real, really, very |
rattrap | (noun) a trap for catching rats | - |
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(noun) filthy run-down dilapidated housing | - |
(noun) a difficult entangling situation | - |
ratty | (adjective) of or characteristic of rats | - |
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(adjective) dirty and infested with rats | - |
(adjective) showing signs of wear and tear | Synonyms: moth-eaten, shabby, tatty |