▸ verb: (transitive) ▸ verb: To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound. ▸ verb: To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner. ▸ verb: (figuratively) To irritate or jar (something). ▸ verb: (intransitive) ▸ verb: To make a rattling metallic sound. ▸ verb: (archaic) To speak in an angry or harsh manner. ▸ verb: (archaic) To quarrel verbally; to wrangle. ▸ verb: (Northern England) Of a person: to speak loudly or too much; to chatter, to prate; of a bird: to make a noisy chattering sound. ▸ noun: A rattling metallic sound; a clang. ▸ noun: (figuratively) ▸ noun: The sound of people talking noisily. ▸ noun: (archaic) Arguing, contention, squabbling. ▸ noun: (music, attributively) A sound typified by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, played in a droning chordal style, characteristic of 1960s folk rock and 1980s indie rock music.
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