rattlesnake

1. 1.

   pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken

   Synonymsrattler

   Broaderpit viper

   Narrowerdiamondbacktimber rattlesnakeprairie rattlesnakesidewinderWestern diamondbackrock rattlesnaketiger rattlesnakeMojave rattlesnakespeckled rattlesnakemassasauga

   Part ofCrotalidae

   Partsrattle

Other forms of rattlesnake

plural

rattlesnakes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rattlesnake

What does rattlesnake mean?

rattlesnake means "pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken".

How many syllables are in rattlesnake?

rattlesnake has 3 syllables: ratt-le-snake. The stress falls on "ratt". In IPA it is /ˈɹætəlˌsneɪk/.

What is another word for rattlesnake?

Close synonyms include rattler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rattlesnake a common word?

rattlesnake is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with rattlesnake?

1 word rhymes with rattlesnake. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.