brattle

verb /ˈbɹætəl/

1. To rattle; to make a scampering noise.

   intransitive

   Him too I hate, the same as I hate these brainless budding trees, these brattling birds.

Where it comes from

Apparently imitative, probably under influence of break + rattle.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry brattle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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