rattle through
rattle through · rattles through · rattled through · rattling through
To do something extremely quickly and perfunctorilyTo do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.
» A rattling sound echoed through the air.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.
The children rattled through their prayers and hopped into bed.
Examples
4 sentencesA rattling sound echoed through the air.
Where old organs whisper dead arias, while the wind, rattling through the doors, turns over folios, songbooks, and missals.
A minute later we were all seated in a comfortable landau, and were rattling through the quaint old Devonshire city.
"Whatever have you been doing with yourself, Watson?" he asked in undisguised wonder, as we rattled through the crowded London streets.
Forms
rattles through, rattling through, rattled through, rattled through| Base form | rattle through · to rattle through |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | rattles through |
| Present participle | rattling through |
| Past simple | rattled through |
| Past participle | rattled through |
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.
Lessons 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