Rattle Off (Verb)
Meaning
Recite volubly or extravagantly; "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She could rattle off the entire script from her favorite movie from memory with incredible ease and accuracy.
- He began to rattle off the names of every US president in chronological order without pausing to breathe.
- The history buff could rattle off the dates of every major battle fought during World War II.
- The chemistry student could effortlessly rattle off the periodic table elements in the correct order.
- In an impressive display, the polyglot was able to rattle off fluently written paragraphs in five different languages.