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clatter

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clat⋅ter

  [klat-er]
Use clatter in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
2. to move rapidly with such a sound: The iron-wheeled cart clattered down the street.
3. to talk fast and noisily; chatter: They clattered on and on about their children.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cause to clatter: clattering the pots and pans in the sink.
–noun
5. a rattling noise or series of rattling noises: The stagecoach made a terrible clatter going over the wooden bridge.
6. noisy disturbance; din; racket.
7. noisy talk; din of voices: They had to shout over the clatter at the cocktail party.
8. idle talk; gossip.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME clateren, OE clatr- (in clatrunge); c. D klateren to rattle; see -er 6

Related forms:
clat⋅ter⋅er, noun
clat⋅ter⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
clat⋅ter⋅y, adjective
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clat·ter   (klāt'ər)   
v.   clat·tered, clat·ter·ing, clat·ters

v.   intr.

  1. To make a rattling sound.

  2. To move with a rattling sound: clattering along on roller skates.

  3. To talk rapidly and noisily; chatter.

v.   tr.
To cause to make a rattling sound.
n.  

  1. A rattling sound: the clatter of dishes in the kitchen.

  2. A loud disturbance; a racket: the clatter of the subway train.

  3. Noisy talk; chatter.


[Middle English clateren, from Old English *clatrian; see gal- in Indo-European roots.]
clat'ter·er n., clat'ter·y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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