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Definition of clattering in English: clatteringnoun ˈklatərɪŋˈklædərɪŋ 1in singular A continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other. a clattering of pans in the kitchen Example sentencesExamples - I could see nothing, and all I could hear was this clattering of gravel on the tin roof.
- There was a clattering and tumbling as everything spilled out on to the floor.
- Mist rolls in from the Thames and the clattering of jugs of ale and steaming platters of jellied eels is interrupted only by the noise of wheels on cobbles.
- Just before I fell asleep, I heard the clattering of hooves beside me.
- With all the noise going on and the clattering of the ship being loaded, it was hardly giving one the opportunity to clear one's mind.
- With all the clattering coming from the shed last night we're pretty certain the possum has taken up residence in there.
- There came such a clattering of hoof beats around the corner that it caused every eye to look round.
- It is a marvelous thing to hear that rumble of thunder in the distance and the clattering of the raindrops beginning to fall.
- Toward midnight a shriek was heard, then a clattering and rumbling noise, and the next instant a vast terrific eye shot by.
- The clattering goes on in the kitchen.
2rare A flock of choughs (birds) you will have to chatter like a clattering of choughs
Definition of clattering in US English: clatteringnounˈklædərɪŋˈkladəriNG 1in singular A continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other. a clattering of pans in the kitchen Example sentencesExamples - It is a marvelous thing to hear that rumble of thunder in the distance and the clattering of the raindrops beginning to fall.
- Just before I fell asleep, I heard the clattering of hooves beside me.
- I could see nothing, and all I could hear was this clattering of gravel on the tin roof.
- The clattering goes on in the kitchen.
- With all the noise going on and the clattering of the ship being loaded, it was hardly giving one the opportunity to clear one's mind.
- There was a clattering and tumbling as everything spilled out on to the floor.
- With all the clattering coming from the shed last night we're pretty certain the possum has taken up residence in there.
- There came such a clattering of hoof beats around the corner that it caused every eye to look round.
- Mist rolls in from the Thames and the clattering of jugs of ale and steaming platters of jellied eels is interrupted only by the noise of wheels on cobbles.
- Toward midnight a shriek was heard, then a clattering and rumbling noise, and the next instant a vast terrific eye shot by.
2rare A flock of choughs (birds) you will have to chatter like a clattering of choughs
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