ruttle
ruttle · ruttles · ruttled · ruttling
To gurgle; to rattle when breathingTo gurgle; to rattle when breathing.
US/ɹˈʌtəl/
Meaning
1 senses(Northern England)To gurgle; to rattle when breathing.
Origin
From Middle English rotelen, ratelen (“to make a rattling sound while breathing, flap”), fFrom Middle English rotelen, ratelen (“to make a rattling sound while breathing, flap”), from Middle Dutch rotelen (“to rattle, wheeze, drone”) or Middle Low German rōtelen, rātelen, rūtelen (“to groan, gasp, rattle”), from Old Saxon hrot, hrod (“snot, mucus”), from Proto-West Germanic *hroþ (“saliva, mucus, snot”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.
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Forms
ruttles, ruttling, ruttled, ruttledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle