Idiom idiom
rattle off
Meaning
To list or recite quickly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She can rattle off all fifty states in under a minute.”
“The waiter rattled off the daily specials so fast that I had to ask him to repeat them.”
“Without glancing at his notes, the professor rattled off a dozen dates and names, his memory for historical detail apparently inexhaustible.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026