noun
ruttle
Ruttle (noun) means a rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty in breathing.
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A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty in breathing.
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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”).
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"ruttle" (noun) means a rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty in breathing.