"That wiped its feet" (when a ball rattles in the jaws, before going in).
Gliding in alone for a layup, he appeared to be going up for a dunk when the ball rattled in and out as time expired.
The ball rattled against the back of the rim, then the front of the rim, and then kicked out.
The balls rattled on rocks or whistled overhead, but none of the cavalrymen was touched.
Duke's ball rattled in the cup, announcing another hole-in-one.
The last ball rattled in the last hole, a three-foot-high volcano.
At the end of its flight, the ball simply rattled around beneath the scoreboard.
The light little balls bounced and rattled on the floor.
When the final ball rattled into the far corner pocket, Kit bowed, sweeping his arm around in a courtly flourish.
The ball rattled in the corner pocket and stayed up.