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noun

Clatter n.

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."

Commotion; disturbance. "Those mighty feats which made such a clatter in story."

Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. "Hold still thy clatter." "Throw by your clatter And handle the matter."

verb

Clatter v. t. To make a rattling noise with. "You clatter still your brazen kettle."

Clatter v. i. (past & past part. clattered; pres. part. clattering)

To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds. "Clattering loud with iron clank."

To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue. "I see thou dost but clatter."

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Etymology of 'Clatter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clatter" Quotes from Famous Books

... Breton! Papa says Lynmouth may go out trout-fishing with him this afternoon. Come up with me to the Clatter. I'm going ...

— Philistia • Grant Allen

... footing, Sam automatically whipped out his gun, cursing as he saw Sandy slide from the saddle, clutch at the rim of the gap, drop down to the bed of the creek, while Pronto, frantic at the loss of his master, leaped the opening and fled with clatter of hoof and swinging stirrup ...

— Rimrock Trail • J. Allan Dunn

... the noise and clatter of the vanward rose up on the face of the heath, and men were exceeding joyous that they had come so far without mishap. Therewith came weaponed men out from under House- stone, and they came toward the men of the vanward, and they were a half-score of the forerunners of the ...

— The Roots of the Mountains • William Morris

... singing. But suddenly a storm came on, chromatic scales and diminished sevenths were heard in the orchestra, everyone ran off, again dragging one of their number away, and the curtain dropped. Once more there was a terrible noise and clatter among the audience, and with rapturous faces everyone began shouting: "Duport! Duport! Duport!" Natasha no longer thought this strange. She looked about with pleasure, ...

— War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy

... moving softly to and fro, lighting the fire, and bringing an air of comfort over the dreary little parlour. Then she was gone for a little bit, and I felt a little more lonely and weary; and then I heard that cheerful clatter, commonly so grateful to feminine exhaustion, and the good woman entered with a toasted glow upon her face, bearing a tray with tea, and such hospitable accompaniments as she could command. She set them down and came up to me with ...

— Miscellanea • Juliana Horatia Ewing

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