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4 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clatter \Clat"ter\, v. t. To make a rattling noise with You clatter still your brazen kettle. --Swift. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clatter \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.'' From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 [syn: {clack}, {brattle}]
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