rattle around
Knock about loosely
To rattle around is to move or exist in a space that feels too large or empty for you.
A single person rattles around in a big house; a few coins rattle around in an otherwise empty drawer.
The image suggests loose, aimless movement with nothing to anchor against: After the kids left, we just rattled around in that five-bedroom place.
- rummageSearch unsystematically through clutter
- loose changeMiscellaneous small currency
- rumbleLow rolling sound
- underutilizedInsufficiently put to work
- cavernousVast and hollow
wander · knocking about · explore · sparse · hollow · aimless · unmoored · forlorn · lost soul · lonely · clatter · vacant · empty nest · echo · roam · isolated · disconnected · shuffle
rattle aroundfill up
Occupy entirely
pack in · squeeze into · overflow · burst at the seams · fit like a glove
rattle aroundsettle in
Become comfortably established
put down roots · nest · hunker down · dig in · lodge
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