Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rattled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rattle \Rat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rattled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rattling}.] [Akin to D. ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hr[ae]tele
a rattle, in hr[ae]telwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. ? to swing,
wave. Cf. {Rail} a bird.]
1. To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises,
as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies
shaken together; to clatter.
And the rude hail in rattling tempest forms.
--Addison.
'T was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the
stony street. --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rattled
adj : thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an
informal term) [syn: {flustered}, {hot and bothered(p)},
{perturbed}]
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