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- Dictionarycla·tter·ing/ˈkladəriNG/
noun
- 1. a continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other: "a clattering of pans in the kitchen"
- 2. a flock of choughs (birds): rare "you will have to chatter like a clattering of choughs"
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to make continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects against each other, or to cause objects to do this: Don't clatter the dishes - you'll wake the baby up. He was clattering away at his keyboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact. bang around. bleep. boop. choo-choo. chuff. clap along.
He heard dishes clattering in the kitchen. The box dropped and dozens of marbles clattered across the floor. The wagon clattered down the road. Noun the clatter of a crowded cafeteria
to make continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects against each other, or to cause objects to do this: Don't clatter the dishes - you'll wake the baby up. He was clattering away at his keyboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact. bang around. bleep. choo-choo. chuff. clap along. click away.
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.
to make continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects against each other, or to cause objects to do this: Don't clatter the dishes - you'll wake the baby up. He was clattering away at his keyboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact. bang around. bleep. boop. choo-choo. chuff. clap along.
Synonyms for CLATTERING: noisy, clattery, rackety, clamorous, buzzing, uproarious, humming, roaring; Antonyms of CLATTERING: silent, noiseless, quiet, soundless, hushed, stilled, calm, serene.
If something hard clatters, it makes repeated short noises as it hits against another hard thing. [literary] His hobnail boots clattered on the stone floor. [VERB preposition] She set her cup down, and it clattered against the saucer. [VERB preposition] Clatter is also a noun.
noun. A noise that clatters. Wiktionary. Advertisement. Other Word Forms of Clattering. Noun. Singular: clattering. Plural: clatterings. Clattering Sentence Examples. The toothbrush slipped out of his hand, clattering into the sink.
Clatter definition: to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other. See examples of CLATTER used in a sentence.
clattering (comparative more clattering, superlative most clattering) In a state or process of being clattered.
