Definitions for: Clatter

[n] a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"
[v] make a rattling sound

Webster (1913) Definition: Clat"ter (kl[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Clattered (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Clattering.] [AS.
clatrung a rattle, akin to D. klateren to rattle. Cf.
Clack.]
1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together;
to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.

Clattering loud with iron clank. --Longfellow.

2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.

I see thou dost but clatter. --Spenser.

Clat"ter, v. t.
To make a rattling noise with.

You clatter still your brazen kettle. --Swift.

Clat"ter, n.
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.''

Synonyms: brattle, clack

See Also: make noise, noise, noise, resound

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