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• v  make short successive sounds
• v  shake and cause to make a rattling noise
• s  thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

• The Africans responded by hurling stones, which rattled harmlessly off the armored cars and into the police compound, stnk-ing three policemen.
• McCain hasn't said he was for regime change, but he has rattled sabers noisily, joked about bomb-bomb-bombing Iran and surrounded himself with, and been funded by, Jewish .
• In a series of meetings there, Palestrant rattled off his ideas--an outpouring he likened to "intellectual bulimia"--while Elizabeth Pastor and Garry VanPatter, the team behind the .

• rattle
• flustered
• hot and bothered
• perturbed

News & Articles

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• Less US urgency at G-8 in call for European growth
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When leaders of the nation's biggest economies gathered at the presidential retreat of Camp David last year, European elections had rattled the continent with a rejection of austerity measures. President Barack Obama was himself seeking re-election. The sense of urgency was palpable as Obama made an emphatic pitch for Europe's powers to focus more on economic growth.
  June 15, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Fire near downtown Indy forces evacuations from five-block area, produces huge pillar of smoke
  INDIANAPOLIS — Authorities say a fire that engulfed a sprawling building near downtown Indianapolis has prompted the evacuation of a five-block area and rattled surrounding neighborhoods with exploding propane tanks.
  June 15, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Fire near downtown Indy forces evacuations
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a fire that engulfed a sprawling building near downtown Indianapolis has prompted the evacuation of a five-block area and rattled surrounding neighborhoods with exploding propane tanks.        
  June 15, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Taylor Swift in New York Times
  Regarding Mr. West's outburst, Ms. Swift said, "I'm not going to say I wasn't rattled by it," but she said she "had to get myself back to the place where I could perform" for a live music segment that immediately followed her acceptance...
• Trent Cole in USA Today
  I think we rattled him kind of toward the end,defensive end Trent Cole said. "He had to get rid of the ball quick and move around. He was probably getting tight from a lot of pressure."
• Rio Ferdinand in The Press Association
  He added: "It has unsettled him and he has got a bit rattled, so he's looking for ways to get under our skin. But he hasn't. He has just made the lads more determined. The team that wins a World Cup doesn't necessarily start great. It's the way you...