Clatter - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈklætər|  American pronunciation of the word clatter
Brit.  |ˈklætə|  British pronunciation of the word clatter

noun

- a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
the shutters clattered against the house
the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones

verb

- make a rattling sound (syn: brattle, clack)
clattering dishes

Extra examples

The shutters clattered against the house.

He heard dishes clattering in the kitchen.

The box dropped and dozens of marbles clattered across the floor.

The wagon clattered down the road.

...the clatter of a crowded cafeteria...

Ask the children to stop clattering about, Father's asleep.

Don't clatter those dishes about, you'll break them.

His heavy boots clatter upon the round pebbles.

The tray slipped and clattered to the floor.

Clatter, clatter, went the horses' hoofs.

There was a lumping noise and a great clatter.

The pans made a metallic clatter as they crashed to the floor.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: clatter
he/she/it: clatters
present participle: clattering
past tense: clattered
past participle: clattered
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