rattle off
rattle off · rattles off · rattled off · rattling off
отбарабанивать, отбарабанить, оттарабанивать, оттарабанить
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To list or recite quicklyTo list or recite quickly.
» She rattled off the names of all the presidents in order.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, transitive)To list or recite quickly.
When I suggested it, he promptly rattled off a dozen reasons that it wouldn't work.
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отбараба́ниватьotbarabánivatʹ, отбараба́нитьotbarabánitʹ, оттараба́ниватьottarabánivatʹ
recite volubly or extravagantly
(obsolete, transitive)To rail at; to scold.
Examples
2 sentencesShe rattled off the names of all the presidents in order.
Ziri rattled off the names of all the 58 wilayas of Algeria.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
list or recite quickly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
list or recite quickly:
Forms
rattles off, rattling off, rattled off, rattled off| Base form | rattle off · to rattle off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | rattles off |
| Present participle | rattling off |
| Past simple | rattled off |
| Past participle | rattled off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbs- rattle offTo list or recite quickly.
- rattle onSynonym of rabbit on.
- rattle aroundTo take up little space in a house or other building that one occupies; to live somewhere that is needlessly spacious.
- rattle throughTo do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.
- rattle aboutSynonym of rattle around.
Synonyms
6 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb