How to pronounce “sabre-rattling”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (idiomatic) A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used.
• (idiomatic, figuratively) Any threat, such as one company threatening another with a lawsuit.
• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of sabre-rattle
• [Adjective]
• Bellicose; threatening military action.

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