RATTLE OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rattle off mean? 

• RATTLE OFF (verb)
  The verb RATTLE OFF has 1 sense:

1. recite volubly or extravagantly

  Familiarity information: RATTLE OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATTLE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recite volubly or extravagantly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

rattle down; rattle off; reel off; roll off; spiel off

Context example:

He could recite the names of all the chemical elements

Hypernyms (to "rattle off" is one way to...):

recite (repeat aloud from memory)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

She hurried from the room as impulsively as she had entered, and we heard the wheels of her carriage rattle off down the street.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And I was a civil, pious boy, and could rattle off my catechism that fast, as you couldn't tell one word from another.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)