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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clatter \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
clattering
adj : a rattling sound as of hard things striking together; "a
clattering typewriter"; "the clattering sound of
dishes" [syn: {clattery}]
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