clatter
(noun) a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); “the shutters clattered against the house”; “the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones”
clatter, clack, brattle
(verb) make a rattling sound; “clattering dishes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clatter (third-person singular simple present clatters, present participle clattering, simple past and past participle clattered)
(intransitive) To make a rattling sound.
(transitive) To cause to make a rattling noise.
(intransitive) To chatter noisily or rapidly.
(Northern England) To hit; to smack.
clatter (plural clatters)
A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.
A loud disturbance.
Noisy talk or chatter.
• commotion
• racket
Source: Wiktionary
Clat"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clattering.] Etym: [AS. cla a rattle, akin to D. klateren to rattle. Cf. Clack.]
1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds. Clattering loud with clamk. Longfellow.
2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue. I see thou dost but clatter. Spenser.
Clat"ter, v. t.
Definition: To make a rattling noise with. You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift.
Clat"ter, n.
1. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds. The goose let fall a golden egg With cackle and with clatter. Tennyson.
2. Commotion; disturbance. "Those mighty feats which made such a clatter in story." Barrow.
3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. "Hold still thy clatter." Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ). Throw by your clatter And handle the matter. B. Jonson
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
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