rattlepate

[ rat-l-peyt ]
/ ˈræt lˌpeɪt /

noun

a rattlebrain.

Origin of rattlepate

First recorded in 1635–45; rattle1 + pate

OTHER WORDS FROM rattlepate

rat·tle·pat·ed, adjective

Words nearby rattlepate

rattle-bush, rattlebox, rattlebrain, rattlebrained, rattlehead, rattlepate, rattler, rattlesnake, rattlesnake fern, rattlesnake flag, rattlesnake master

Example sentences from the Web for rattlepate

  • She was unquestionably what she had confessed herself to be—a rattlepate.

    The Wrong Twin |Harry Leon Wilson

  • But whod ever have expected that rattlepate to think out everything as he has done?

    The Last of the Flatboats |George Cary Eggleston