Meaning of rattle off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To list or recite quickly.
   idiomatic, transitive
2. To rail at; to scold.
   obsolete, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“When I suggested it, he promptly rattled off a dozen reasons that it wouldn't work.”

“When he was 14, he could name all the Bond girls. Can he still? / He rattles off the names, from Honey Ryder to Pussy Galore to Domino to Kissy Suzuki. He said he toyed with the idea of playing James Bond and had a conversation about it at one point, but he asked if it could be a black-and-white period piece set in the ’50s.”

“She that vvould ſometimes rattle off her Servants pretty ſharply, novv if ſhe ſavv them drink, or heard them talk profanely, never took any notice of it.”

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