rattlebrain

noun

ˈra-tᵊl-ˌbrān How to pronounce rattlebrain (audio)
Definition of rattlebrainnext
as in featherbrain
a silly flighty person in a medical situation of this seriousness we don't need some rattlebrain running around in a panic

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  1. fool
  2. goose
  3. cuckoo
  4. flibbertigibbet
  5. ditz
Noun
  • Nothing brings people together like making fools of yourselves.
    Erin Reimel, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Lost Lost, the 2000s mystery drama serial, always seemed like a fool’s errand to me.
    Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of fool
Noun
  • As an elder goose notes, Brightbill would likely have perished had he not been adopted by a creature with the dedication to raise him and the skills (extendable arms, logical deduction) to keep him alive.
    Elvia Wilk, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Overall, since 2022, the virus has been detected 372 times in wild birds in Michigan, including in ducks, sparrows, pigeons, starlings, swans, geese, eagles, loons, falcons, cranes, hawks, cormorants, owls and gulls.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of goose
Noun
  • For evolutionary biologists, the term cuckoldry originated to describe cuckoo birds who lay their eggs in other species’ nests, leaving their offspring to be unknowingly raised by foster parents.
    Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The loss of common cuckoos, meanwhile, means that spring arrives in the U.K. without its iconic song.
    Jared Del Rosso, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of cuckoo
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  • Duvall is a big reason why: All the film’s insights into the slipperiness of identity are there in her casually virtuosic, veritable dual performance, in which a funny flibbertigibbet loses hold of herself as the world around seems to splinter into something frighteningly new.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 19 July 2024
  • Projects about Monroe have handled her personal life to varying degrees of success, often leaning into her flibbertigibbet persona, her struggles with addiction, and the paradox of her oozing sexuality and her little girl brokenness.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
Definition of flibbertigibbet
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  • Her foothold in the entertainment industry firmly established, Grande soon landed her breakthrough role as the loveable ditz Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon’s Victorious.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Allen’s dramatic assertions about the lusts of movie men for a nubile young woman are matched by his contemptuous depiction of her as a ditz out of her depth, especially as compared to the soulful rebel Gatsby, who throws her over for a younger girl (Gomez).
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Definition of ditz
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