Thesaurus: clatter

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1. v. i. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.
2. v. i. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
3. v. t. To make a rattling noise with.
4. n. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.
5. n. Commotion; disturbance.
6. n. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.
7. n. a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
8. v. make a rattling sound
9. 1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds. Clattering loud with clamk. Longfellow. 2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue. I see thou dost but clatter. Spenser. To make a rattling noise with. You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift. 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." Barrow. 3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. "Hold still thy clatter." Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ). Throw by your clatter And handle the matter. B. Jonson
10. To make a rattling noise with.You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift.
11. n:43/v:57 n. a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement) v. make a rattling sound