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- Dictionaryclat·ter/ˈkladər/
noun
- 1. a continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other: "the horse spun around with a clatter of hooves"
verb
- 1. make or cause to make a continuous rattling sound: "her coffee cup clattered in the saucer"
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The meaning of CLATTER is to make a rattling sound. How to use clatter in a sentence.
CLATTER definition: 1. to make continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects against each other, or to cause objects…. Learn more.
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.
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.
A clatter is a clacking or rattling sound, like the clatter of horse hooves on pavement or the clatter of toys being thrown down a wooden staircase by an angry child.
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.
1. to make or cause to make a rattling noise, esp as a result of movement. 2. ( intr) to chatter. n. 3. a rattling sound or noise. 4. a noisy commotion, such as one caused by loud chatter. [Old English clatrung clattering (gerund); related to Dutch klateren to rattle, German klatschen to smack, Norwegian klattra to knock] ˈclatterer n.
Definition of clatter verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Clatter definition, to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind. See more.
clatter meaning: 1. If something clatters, it makes a lot of noise when it hits something hard. 2. to move somewhere…. Learn more.
