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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clat•ter /ˈklætɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) make a loud, rattling sound, such as that produced by hard objects striking one another: [no object]The dishes were clattering in the dishwasher.[~ + object]Stop clattering the pots and pans.
- [no object] to move rapidly with such a sound: The train clattered down the track.
n. [countable* usually singular] - a rattling noise;
racket;
din:the clatter of machinery.
clat•ter•er, n. [countable]clat•ter•y, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clat•ter (klat′ər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other:The shutters clattered in the wind.
- to move rapidly with such a sound:The iron-wheeled cart clattered down the street.
- to talk fast and noisily;
chatter:They clattered on and on about their children.
v.t. - to cause to clatter:clattering the pots and pans in the sink.
n. - a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:The stagecoach made a terrible clatter going over the wooden bridge.
- noisy disturbance;
din;
racket. - noisy talk;
din of voices:They had to shout over the clatter at the cocktail party. - idle talk;
gossip.
- bef. 1050; Middle English clateren, Old English clatr- (in clatrunge); cognate with Dutch klateren to rattle; see -er6
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clatter /ˈklætə/ vb - to make or cause to make a rattling noise, esp as a result of movement
- (intransitive) to chatter
n - a rattling sound or noise
- a noisy commotion, such as one caused by loud chatter
Etymology: Old English clatrung clattering (gerund); related to Dutch klateren to rattle, German klatschen to smack, Norwegian klattra to knockˈclatterer n ˈclatteringly adv |