[klat-er] 
| 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. |
| 4. | to cause to clatter: clattering the pots and pans in the sink. |
| 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. |
| clat·ter (klāt'ər) v. clat·tered, clat·ter·ing, clat·ters v. intr.
To cause to make a rattling sound. n.
[Middle English clateren, from Old English *clatrian; see gal- in Indo-European roots.] clat'ter·er n., clat'ter·y adj. |
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