sabre-rattling
sabre-rattling · more sabre-rattling · most sabre-rattling
Bellicose; threatening military actionBellicose; threatening military action.
Meaning
1 sensesBellicose; threatening military action.
Origin
From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre.From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
more sabre-rattling, most sabre-rattling| Comparative | more sabre-rattling Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most sabre-rattling Lesson |
regular
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.