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- [rat-l-breyn]
- /ˈræt lˌbreɪn/
- /ˈrætlbreɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rat-l-breyn]
- /ˈræt lˌbreɪn/
Definitions of rattlebrain word
- noun rattlebrain a giddy, empty-headed, talkative person. 1
- noun rattlebrain a foolish and talkative person 0
- noun rattlebrain a frivolous, talkative person 0
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Origin of rattlebrain
First appearance:
before 1700 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1700-10; rattle1 + brain
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Parts of speech for Rattlebrain
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rattlebrain popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
rattlebrain usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rattlebrain
noun rattlebrain
- airhead — If you describe someone, especially a young woman, as an airhead, you are critical of them because you think they are not at all clever and are interested only in unimportant things.
- birdbrain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- ditz — Slang. airhead2 .
- fluffhead — (pejorative) A silly or vacuous person; an airhead.
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