Usually means: Displaying military power to intimidate.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word saber-rattling:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. saber-rattling: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. saber-rattling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. saber-rattling, saber-rattling: Collins English Dictionary
  4. saber-rattling: Wordnik
  5. saber-rattling: Wiktionary
  6. saber-rattling: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. saber-rattling: Dictionary.com
  8. Saber-rattling: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. Saber-rattling: Idioms

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  1. saber-rattling: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  chiefly US spelling of sabre-rattling [(idiomatic) A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used.]
adjective:  chiefly US spelling of sabre-rattling [Bellicose; threatening military action.]

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