rattlesnake 
☆ rattle·snake (rat′'l snāk′)
noun
any of various poisonous American pit vipers (genera Crotalus and Sistrurus), having an interlocking series of horny rings at the end of the tail that produce a rattling or buzzing sound when shaken
rattlesnake
n.
Converse of object
- catch: To catch the rattlesnake, the hawk will approach the snake by walking with its wings outstretched making it look large & threatening.
- include: They will also feed on reptiles, quite often snakes, including rattlesnakes.
Modifies a noun
- bite: Is it really possible to survive a rattlesnake bite that easily?
- country: As I have not much experience of time in the bush in rattlesnake country, neither reaction is found im any good pertinent knowledge.
Preposition: in
- trail: He spotted [ a ] 4-foot rattlesnake in the trail about 6 feet in front of us.
Trust him as much as you would a rattlesnake with a silencer on its rattle.
He thought he saw a Rattlesnake That questioned him in Greek, He looked again and found it was The Middle of Next Week. 'The one thing I regret,' he said, 'Is that it cannot speak!'
Browse dictionary entries near rattlesnake
- ‹ rattler
- ‹ rattlebrained
- ‹ rattlebrain
- ‹ rattlebox
- ‹ rattle
- ‹ rattish
- ‹ ratter
- ‹ ratteen
- ‹ rattan
- ‹ rattail cactus
- rattlesnake plantain ›
- rattlesnake root ›
- rattlesnake weed ›
- rattletrap ›
- rattling ›
- rattly ›
- rattoon ›
- rattrap ›
- ratty ›
- raucous ›
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