Meaning Of The Word Death rattle

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death rattle
singular noun: If you say that one thing is the death rattle of another, you mean that the first thing is a sign that very soon the second thing will come to an end.

death rattle in American English
a sound that sometimes comes from the throat of a dying person, caused by breath passing through mucus
noun: a sound produced by a person immediately preceding death, resulting from the passage of air through the mucus in the throat

death rattle in British English
noun: a low-pitched gurgling sound sometimes made by a dying person, caused by air passing through an accumulation of mucus in the trachea

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