rattle

Maracas are a rattle instrument traditionally made of dried calabash gourds or turtle shells filled with beans, beads, or pebbles. Today maracas are made out of many different materials - you can find wood maracas, fiber maracas, rawhide maracas, and plastic maracas.

to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames. to move or go, especially rapidly, with such sounds: The car rattled along the highway.

They rustle, clack, ring, clatter, and rattle with the most beautiful sounds. You will find shakers (such as Maracas, egg shakers, and Caxixi), rattles, sleigh bells and little bells, but also tambourines, ratchets (Guiro), castanets, and clappers.

The tell tale rattle is made by the rapid shaking together of hard rings of keratin at the tip of the reptiles' tails. Keratin is same protein that makes up our fingernails and hair. The key to the noise is the snake's ability to shake its tail muscles up to 90 times a second.

Rattles are common at festive and spiritual gatherings alike and frequently used as an accompaniment to tribal dances and ceremonies. They help maintain the music's rhythm and complement the beat of both handheld and multi-user powwow drums. Rattles are believed to have potent healing properties.

Meaning of rattled in English worried or nervous: Walter got rattled when they didn't call.

Examples from Collins dictionaries She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes rattle. He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary. The truck pulled away, and she listened to the rattling noises fade down the lane. There was a rattle of rifle-fire.

verb. rattles; rattled; rattling. Britannica Dictionary definition of RATTLE. 1. a [no object] : to hit against something repeatedly and make a quick series of short, loud sounds.

A rattle is a percussion beater that is attached to or enclosed by a percussion instrument so that motion of the instrument will cause the rattle to strike the instrument and create musical sound. Examples include: The rivets of a sizzle cymbal. The jingles of a tambourine. The seeds inside a maraca.

Believe it or not, a rattlesnake's tail has absolutely no loose particles flinging around inside as a maraca or baby rattle would. Instead, the sound comes from loosely packed keratin chunks that make an audible sound as they rub together when shaken.

To rattle is to make a very rapid, short series of knocking or tapping sounds.