rattle someone's cage

: to make a rapid succession of short sharp noises

: to chatter incessantly and aimlessly

: to move with a clatter or rattle

: a device that produces a rattle

: the sound-producing organ on a rattlesnake's tail

: a rapid succession of sharp clattering sounds

: to furnish with ratlines

: some person : somebody

: a box or enclosure having some openwork for confining or carrying animals (such as birds)

: a barred cell for confining prisoners

: a fenced area for prisoners of war

: to confine or keep in or as if in a cage

: to drive (a puck, a shot, etc.) into a cage and score a goal