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- Dictionaryclatter/ˈklatə/
noun
- 1. a continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other: "the horse spun round with a clatter of hooves"
verb
- 1. make or cause to make a continuous rattling sound: "her coffee cup clattered in the saucer"
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CLATTER definition: 1. to make continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects against each other, or to cause objects…. Learn more.
The meaning of CLATTER is to make a rattling sound. How to use clatter in a sentence. to make a rattling sound; to talk noisily or rapidly; to move or go with a clatter…
If something hard clatters, it makes repeated short noises as it hits against another hard thing. [literary] His hobnail boots clattered on the stone floor. [VERB preposition] She set her cup down, and it clattered against the saucer. [VERB preposition] Clatter is also a noun.
Clatter definition: to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other. See examples of CLATTER used in a sentence.
to make continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects against each other, or to cause objects to do this: Don't clatter the dishes - you'll wake the baby up. He was clattering away at his keyboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact. bang around. bleep. boop. choo-choo. chuff. clap along.
A clatter is a clacking or rattling sound, like the clatter of horse hooves on pavement or the clatter of toys being thrown down a wooden staircase by an angry child.
1. to make or cause to make a rattling noise, esp as a result of movement. 2. ( intr) to chatter. n. 3. a rattling sound or noise. 4. a noisy commotion, such as one caused by loud chatter. [Old English clatrung clattering (gerund); related to Dutch klateren to rattle, German klatschen to smack, Norwegian klattra to knock] ˈclatterer n.
Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. clattered, clattering, clatters. To make, or move with, a rapid succession of loud, sharp noises; rattle. Webster's New World. To make a rattling sound. American Heritage. To move with a rattling sound. Clattering along on roller skates. American Heritage. To cause to clatter. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
Clatter definition, to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind. See more.
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