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clatter
[ klat-er ]
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.
clatter
/ ˈæə /
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
- ˈٳٱԲ, adverb
- ˈٳٱ, adjective
- ˈٳٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- t· noun
- t·Բ· adverb
- t· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of clatter1
Example Sentences
From our contemporary vantage point, their minuscule existences have been erased, replaced by the modern-day footage’s bustle of traffic and clatter of the everyday.
The captain has little memory of watching those closing minutes, having been concussed in a clattering tackle.
In the next over, Carse produced a beauty that clattered the off stump, only for a marginal overstep to be detected.
From there things just keep happening, as one event unfolds into another in a headlong rush amid the incessant clatter of plates and pans and the machine spitting out endless order tickets.
A tattooed skateboarder clattered over sidewalks, and a man sat on a bench in the shade, reading the Bible and taking notes near the opera house where the musical “Oklahoma” was playing.
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