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CLATTERING
Verb
clattering
present participle of clatter
Adjective
clattering (comparative more clattering, superlative most clattering)
In a state or process of being clattered.
Noun
clattering (plural clatterings)
A noise that clatters.
Source: Wiktionary
CLATTER
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
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