Make one anxious to stop the baby crying? (6)
I believe the answer is:
rattle
'stop the baby crying?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rattle that I've seen before include "Noisy device < to throw" , "Toy for child and football fan" , "Baby's toy; irritate" , "led to Tweedledum and Tweedledees quarrel?" , "rabbit" .)