English Explanatory Dictionary

rattick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shake, rattle, knock about; to be rickety.

Word forms

rattick ratticks ratticking ratticked rattik

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a dissimilation of rattle. Alternatively, perhaps from Old English *hratecian (“to rattle”), from Old English hratian (“to quicken, hasten”) + -(e)cian (frequentative suffix).

Related words

racket rattiker
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