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RATTLE OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Recite volubly or extravagantly
Example:
He could recite the names of all the chemical elements
Synonyms:
rattle down; rattle off; reel off; roll off; spiel off
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "rattle off" is one way to...):
recite (repeat aloud from memory)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something