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  2  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  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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