Clatter
['klætə] or ['klætɚ]
Definition
(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; 'clattering dishes'.
Typist: Oliver--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.
(v. i.) To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
(v. t.) To make a rattling noise with.
(n.) A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.
(n.) Commotion; disturbance.
(n.) Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.
Inputed by Dustin
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Rattle.[2]. Prate, prattle, babble, clack, gabble, clatter, jabber, talk loudly.
n. Rattling, clattering, clutter, confused noise.
Typist: Maura
Definition
n. a repeated rattling noise: a repetition of abrupt sharp sounds: noisy talk: (Burns) gossip.—v.i. to make rattling sounds: to rattle with the tongue: to talk fast and idly.—v.t. to strike so as to produce a rattling.—adv. Clatt′eringly.
Typed by Jared
Examples
- It appeared to ascend them, not very promptly or spontaneously, yet with a display of stride and clatter meant to be insulting. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The clatter was bad, but I could read it with fair ease. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Horsemen were streaming off in every direction, and the clatter of empty wagons being driven off almost drowned the sound of that terrible singing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Again there was a loud laugh, the most startling of which was the Baronet's, which rattled out like a clatter of falling stones. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Lily sat quiet, leaning to the fire: the clatter of cups behind her soothed her as familiar noises hush a child whom silence has kept wakeful. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- We stood ready to count the astonishing clatter of reverberations. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Turning his back upon us he laid down his burden, and the next instant there was the sound of a sharp tap, followed by a clatter and rattle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands, remarked our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He turned and clattered down the stairs as hard as he could go. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He clattered all his means and implements together, rose from his chair, pulled out his pocket-handkerchief, and burst into tears. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The rider from the chateau, and the horse in a foam, clattered away through the village, and galloped up the stony steep, to the prison on the crag. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He struck out with his hand, and a revolver which the younger man was in the act of cocking clattered down upon the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The postilion cracked his whip, and they clattered away under the feeble over-swinging lamps. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Tip had already clattered down-stairs. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I hurled it wide of the mark; it rolled clattering among the bushes into dell. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You're a chattering clattering broomstick witch that ought to be burnt! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A minute afterwards, a horse came clattering over the pavement behind Osborne's carriage, and Dobbin rode up. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No fewer than six hundred wagons came clattering in, and as many as twenty sail vessels were loaded with thirty-five thousand bushels of grain, during a single day. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I'm worse than the chattering, clattering, brimstone pig at home! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The German sword was always clattering over the Alps into Italy, and missions and legates toiling over in the reverse direction. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A moment more, and Bob Gliddery came clattering along the passage, with the noise of all the nails in his boots condensed into every separate nail. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Mary