verb
talk incessantly and tiresomely
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Somebody ——s
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Sam and Sue rattle on
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ˌrattle ˈon [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they rattle on he/she/it rattles on present participle rattling on past tense rattled on past participle rattled on] informal phrasal verb
to talk quickly and for a long time
Thesaurus: to talk continuously and too muchsynonym
Main entry: rattle
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rattle on [phrasal verb]
informal : to talk for a long time about things that are not interesting or important
— often + about
She rattled on and on about the party. [=she talked for a long time about the party]
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Main Entry: ↑rattle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.