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1 | 99% | 8 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 25% | 9 | At a loose end, but not as loose as a possessor of natural magnetism | |
3 | 22% | 6 | Fast; loose | |
Fast And Loose By The Sound Of It Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "RATTLING" which means:
- noun
- • A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) adverb
- • Used to give emphasis adjective satellite
- • Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
- • Quick and energetic verb
- • To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
- • To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
- • To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
- • To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.
- • To scold; to rail at.
- • To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
- • To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away. adjective
- • Lively, quick (speech, pace).
- • (intensifier) good, fine.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He was so nervous that he had a rattling voice when he spoke."
- • "The old, rattling truck barely made it up the steep hill."
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