clat·ter /ˈklætɚ/
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 Clat·ter v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clattered p. pr. & vb. n. Clattering.]
 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.


 Clat·ter, v. t. To make a rattling noise with.
    You clatter still your brazen kettle.   --Swift.


 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.”
 3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. “Hold still thy clatter.”
 Throw by your clatter
 And handle the matter.   --B. Jonson

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 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; "clattering dishes" [syn: clack, brattle]