rattler

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English rattle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English rattler From rattle + -er.

1. Anything that rattles.
2. A rattlesnake.

   “You watch your step walking out there on the mesa, because in warmer season, the rattlers are up and about, and it's their turf.”

3. A freight train or, (chiefly UK), a passenger train.

   “I'll lay you odds that this old rattler don't get into Shanghai on time.”

4. Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train.
5. A loud, inconsiderate talker.
6. A stunning blow.

   “[…] laid handsomely out with such a rattler on the nose as nobody could have expected from a casky little man of five-feet-nothing.”

7. An impudent lie; a whopper.