Death Rattle

The beeping noise a phone or tablet makes to alert you of its near death status (being out of battery - let's not quibble over semantics)

Oh for fucks sake, I have to charge my phone, it just gave its death rattle!

by BBC Bite Size Revision March 07, 2016

death rattle

More often than not described as the last exhale of breathe, heard from the vibration of the neck when it is in an unusual position, allowing air to escape a narrow passage from the throat. It causes any of infinite odd sounds of expulsion of air.

You can imitate a death rattle for fun. Lean your neck backwards at 90 degrees and Pronounce terms such as "Ughrghrghrghrgh" or "Phhztttttt"

by larstait October 10, 2003

death rattle

a sound produced by a person immediately preceding death, resulting from the passage of air through the mucus in the throat.

He gave a death rattle and then died.

by Joe Bloggs October 13, 2003

death rattle

that annoying/scary noise made by the girl in "The Grudge". this is caused by her neck being broken. Sort of a strangled ahhhhhhhhh.

I heard the death rattle behind me. Then I was dead.

by claireisfreakedout January 10, 2011

Death Rattle

A heroic sacrifice. Whenever a person (usually fictional) either holds off or tries to take down an overwhelming amount of enemies, almost always at the expense of their life.

Boromir had a death rattle at the end of the movie.

by gojuice May 23, 2023

death rattle

the sound of a penis being tossed around in a vacuum cleaner

lad 1: What was that sound
lad 2: oh just a death rattle
lad 1: oohhh, so his penis just got sucked off by a vacuum cleaner

by Sjoerd de sjoenkelman April 03, 2024