Explain and Rattle

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

Rattle is an antonym for explain.

Rattle

Rattle verb - To make a series of short sharp noises.

Explain is an antonym for rattle in disconcert topic.

Nearby Words: rattled, rattling, rattler

Common collocations

bit explain bit rattle bit

Both words in one sentence

  • Techno Babble Billy (the Blue Ranger and resident Genius who built a Flying Car simply because he could) would rattle off big sounding words leaving the rest of the team to wait for him to finish speaking so they could turn Trini, the Yellow Ranger, who used nice bite sized words to explain everything.
    Source: Techno Babble
  • Try to get one to empathize with you, and they'll probably just rattle off Techno Babble, tell you why you're wrong, and explain their theories on the pointlessness of human emotion, all in a hollow, monotone voice.
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