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Webster 1913 Edition

Clatter

Clat′ter

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Clattered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Clattering
.]
[AS.
cla[GREEK]rung
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

,
Verb.
T.
To make a rattling noise with.
You
clatter
still your brazen kettle.
Swift.

Clat′ter

,
Noun.
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.”
Barrow.
3.
Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.
“Hold still thy clatter.”
Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ).
Throw by your
clatter

And handle the matter.
B. Jonson

Webster 1828 Edition

Clatter

CLATTER

, v.i.
1.
To make rattling sounds; to make repeated sharp sounds, as by striking sonorous bodies; as, to clatter on a shield.
2.
To utter continual or repeated sharp sounds, or rattling sounds, by being struck together; as clattering arms.
3.
To talk fast and idly; to run on; to rattle with the tongue.

CLATTER

, v.t.
1.
To strike and make a rattling noise.
You clatter still your brazen kettle.
2.
To dispute, jar or clamor.

CLATTER

, n.
1.
A rapid succession of abrupt, sharp sounds, made by the collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; rattling sounds.
2.
Tumultuous and confused noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.

Definition 2024

clatter

clatter

English

Noun

clatter ‎(plural clatters)

  1. A rattling noise.
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict:
      The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.
  2. A loud disturbance.
  3. Noisy talk or chatter.

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Verb

clatter ‎(third-person singular simple present clatters, present participle clattering, simple past and past participle clattered)

  1. (transitive) To cause to make a rattling sound.
    • Jonathan Swift
      You clatter still your brazen kettle.
    • 2016 November 21, Michael Cragg, “New music: Foxes - Home”, in the Guardian:
      Do we really need another doe-eyed female singer-songwriter with a penchant for electro-pop? Twenty-two-year-old Louisa Rose Allen, aka Foxes, certainly thinks so. Available as a free download via Neon Gold, her debut single Youth is a monster mix of keening vocals, slow-burn electronics and, by the song's end, big clattering drums.
    • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
      When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn(2) in the best place he could find. Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones:...
  2. (intransitive) To make a rattling noise.
  3. (intransitive) To chatter noisily or rapidly.
    • Spenser
      I see thou dost but clatter.
  4. (Northern English) To hit; to smack.
    • 1988, Harry Enfield, Friday Night Live
      "I can't watch it because I have to go outside and clatter someone in the nuts!”
    • 2010, Gerald Hansen, Hand in the Till
      “An Orange bitch clattered seven shades of shite out of her,” Padraig eagerly piped up.

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Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ætə(r)

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