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Pronunciation : Clat"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. cla a rattle, akin to D. klateren to rattle. Cf. Clack.]
Definition : 1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds. Clattering loud with clamk. Longfellow.

2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue. I see thou dost but clatter. Spenser.

i. [imp. & p. p. Clattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clattering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Clat"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make a rattling noise with. You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Clat"ter
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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." Barrow.

3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. "Hold still thy clatter." Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ). Throw by your clatter And handle the matter. B. Jonson
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913