clatter

[ klat-er ]

/ ˈklæt ər /

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verb (used without object)

to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.

to move rapidly with such a sound: The iron-wheeled cart clattered down the street.

to talk fast and noisily; chatter: They clattered on and on about their children.

verb (used with object)

to cause to clatter: clattering the pots and pans in the sink.

noun

a rattling noise or series of rattling noises: The stagecoach made a terrible clatter going over the wooden bridge.

noisy disturbance; din; racket.

noisy talk; din of voices: They had to shout over the clatter at the cocktail party.

idle talk; gossip.

Origin of clatter

before 1050; Middle English clateren, Old English clatr- (in clatrunge); cognate with Dutch klateren to rattle; see -er⁶

OTHER WORDS FROM clatter

clat·ter·er, noun clat·ter·ing·ly, adverb clat·ter·y, adjective

Words nearby clatter

clastogenic, clastothrix, clat, clathrate, clathrin, clatter, claucht, claude, claude lorrain, claudel, claudette

Example sentences from the Web for clatter

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The roar of the traffic and the clatter of footsteps and the grumble of voices swirled like dance music about Andrews's head.

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Bully yarn youve turned up, came his appreciative comment over the clatter of the keys.

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A clatter of distant hoofs was heard rapidly approaching along the hard-beaten road.

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There was a clatter of hoofs, and a horseman dashed up and flung him the saddlebags.

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British Dictionary definitions for clatter

clatter

/ (ˈklætə) /

verb

to make or cause to make a rattling noise, esp as a result of movement

(intr) to chatter

noun

a rattling sound or noise

a noisy commotion, such as one caused by loud chatter

Derived forms of clatter

clatterer, noun clatteringly, adverb clattery, adjective

Word Origin for clatter

Old English clatrung clattering (gerund); related to Dutch klateren to rattle, German klatschen to smack, Norwegian klattra to knock

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clatter

verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

noun

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OTHER WORDS FROM clatter

Words nearby clatter

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