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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word sabre-rattling:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. sabre-rattling: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. sabre-rattling, sabre-rattling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sabre-rattling: Wordnik
  4. sabre-rattling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. sabre-rattling: Wiktionary
  6. Sabre-rattling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. sabre-rattling: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. sabre-rattling: Idioms

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noun:  (idiomatic) A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used.
noun:  (idiomatic, figuratively) Any threat, such as one company threatening another with a lawsuit.
adjective:  Bellicose; threatening military action.

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