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ruttle

noun

Etymology

From Middle English rotelen, ratelen (“to make a rattling sound while breathing, flap”), from Middle Dutch rotelen (“to rattle, wheeze, drone”) or Middle Low German rōtelen, rātelen, rūtelen (“to groan, gasp, rattle”), from Old Saxon hrot, hrod (“snot, mucus”), from Proto-West Germanic *hroþ (“saliva, mucus, snot”), probably ultimately of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch reutelen (“to rattle”), German Rotz (“snot”).

  1. derived from *hroþ✻ — “saliva, mucus, snot”
  2. derived from hrot
  3. derived from rōtelen
  4. derived from rotelen — “to rattle, wheeze, drone”
  5. inherited from rotelen

Definitions

  1. A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty in breathing.

    • The most common cause of ruttles is acute viral bronchitis and, in young children, upper airway viral infection.

  2. To gurgle

    To gurgle; to rattle when breathing.

    • Ruttling, heard readily without a stethoscope, is due to air bubbling through fluid in the trachea or bronchi.
    • His breath ruttled as he blew outward and sent the plants to trembling.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA