ALL meanings of death rattle
death rat·tle
D d - singular noun death rattle If you say that one thing is the death rattle of another, you mean that the first thing is a sign that very soon the second thing will come to an end. 3
- noun death rattle a low-pitched gurgling sound sometimes made by a dying person, caused by air passing through an accumulation of mucus in the trachea 3
- noun death rattle a sound that sometimes comes from the throat of a dying person, caused by breath passing through mucus 3
- noun death rattle a sound produced by a person immediately preceding death, resulting from the passage of air through the mucus in the throat. 1
- noun death rattle The raspy or gurgling sound sometimes made by a person as he or she draws in or expels the final breaths in the moments before dying. 0