About The Word Clatter
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Clatter
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What's The Definition Of Clatter?
[n] a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"
[v] make a rattling sound Synonyms | Synonyms for Clatter: brattle | clack Related Terms | Find terms related to Clatter: babble | babblement | bavardage | bedlam | Bedlam let loose | bibble-babble | bicker | blab | blabber | blah-blah | blast | blather | blether | blethers | bobbery | brattle | brawl | brouhaha | cackle | caquet | caqueterie | charivari | chat | chatter | chirm | chitter-chatter | clack | clacket | clamor | clangor | clap | clatter about | clitter | clitterclatter | clunter | commotion | din | discord | dither | donnybrook | drunken brawl | dustup | flap | fracas | free-for-all | gab | gabble | gas | gibber | gibble-gabble | go on | gossip | guff | gush | hassle | haver | hell broke loose | hot air | howl | hubbub | hue and cry | hullabaloo | hurly-burly | idle talk | jabber | jangle | jaw | loud noise | mere talk | natter | noise | noise and shouting | nonsense talk | outcry | palaver | pandemonium | patter | pother | pour forth | prate | prating | prattle | prittle-prattle | racket | ramble on | rattle | rattle around | rattle on | rattletybang | rattling | reel off | retail gossip | rhubarb | roar | row | ruckle | ruckus | ruction | rumble | rumpus | run on | shatter | shindy | shivaree | spout | spout off | talk | talk away | talk nonsense | talk on | talkee-talkee | tattle | tell idle tales | thunder | thunderclap | tintamarre | tittle-tattle | to-do | tumult | turmoil | twaddle | twattle | uproar | waffle | yak | yakkety-yak See Also | make noise | noise | noise | resound Clatter In Webster's Dictionary \Clat"ter\ (kl[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Clattered} (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clattering}.] [AS.
clatrung 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 iron clank. --Longfellow.
2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
I see thou dost but clatter. --Spenser.
\Clat"ter\, v. t. 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.'' |
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