Noun: saber rattling 'sey-bur,ra-tu-ling
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: sabre rattling)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: sabre rattling)
- The ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)
"The country's saber rattling increased tensions with its neighbors";
- sabre rattling [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: saber rattlings
Type of: action, military action
Encyclopedia: Saber rattling