Definition of Saber rattling

1. Noun. The ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used).

Exact synonyms: Sabre Rattling
Generic synonyms: Action, Military Action

Definition of Saber rattling

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sabre-rattling) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saber Rattling

sabe
sabed
sabeing
sabella
sabellas
sabellianism
sabellid
sabelliite
sabelloid
saber
saber-rattling
saber-sheath trachea
saber-toothed
saber-toothed tiger
saber-toothed tigers
saber rattling (current term)
saber saw
saber tibia
sabered
sabering
saberlike
sabermetric
sabermetrician
sabermetricians
sabermetrics
sabers
sabertooth
sabertoothed
sabes

Literary usage of Saber rattling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant (1998)
"Burnside seeing us, came up on the porch, his big spurs and saber rattling as he walked. He touched his hat politely to the ladies, and remarked that he ..."

2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1919)
"... Emperor is held to be the source of all political power. Its theories of government are the very opposite of democracy. It is this saber-rattling Japan ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"What is more, she married a military Dane and he promptly gave up professional saber-rattling and betook himself to the peaceful pursuits of founding a home ..."

4. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"The Frankfurter Zeitung freely admitted that "saber rattling had been to a large extent the cause of world-wide hostility toward Germany. ..."

5. A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens, Allan Ferguson Westcott (1920)
"For all her resolute saber-rattling in these years, Germany found herself checkmated in almost every move. The Monroe Doctrine, for which the United States ..."

6. A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens, Allan Ferguson Westcott (1920)
"For all her resolute saber-rattling in these years, Germany found herself checkmated in almost every move. The Monroe Doctrine, for which the United States ..."

7. The United States in the World War by John Bach McMaster (1918)
"When something does not suit the Yankees, said the Berlin Post, they adopt as threatening and saber-rattling a tone as possible. They think the person thus ..."

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