clatter

clatter
v
1. rattle, clutter, racket, din; jangle, clang, clangor, echo, reverberate, resound.
2. hurtle, clank, crash, bang, clump, tramp, be heavy footed, Inf. stomp or thump around; clash, collide, bump.
3. chatter, jabber, cackle, clack; prate, rattle, gabble; gush, blab, Inf. spout; babble, prattle.
n
4. rattling, clattering, clutter, racket, noise, din, clamor, raucousness, uproar; disturbance, tumult, pandemonium, commotion, hullabaloo, bedlam, Inf. shivaree; banging, thumping, clumping, crashing, clanking.
5. chatter, chattering, jabbering, jabber, prattling, prattle, cackling, cackle, gibbering, gibber; gabbling, gabble, babbling, babble, running on, rattling away.
6. gossip, buzzing, palaver, tittle-tattle, tattle, idle talk.

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  • Clatter — 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. [1913 Webster] The goose let fall a golden egg With cackle and with clatter. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • clatter — ► NOUN ▪ a loud rattling sound as of hard objects striking each other. ► VERB 1) make a clatter. 2) fall or move with a clatter. ORIGIN Old English, of imitative origin …   English terms dictionary

  • Clatter — Clat ter, v. t. To make a rattling noise with. [1913 Webster] You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Clatter — Clat ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clattering}.] [AS. cla?rung 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • clatter — [n] loud noise ballyhoo*, bluster, clack, clangor, hullabaloo*, pandemonium, racket, rattle, rumpus, shattering, smashing; concepts 181,189,595 clatter [v] crash; make racket bang, bluster, bump, clang, clank, clash, hurtle, noise, rattle, roar,… …   New thesaurus

  • clatter — [klat′ər] vi. [ME clateren < OE * clatrian (akin to MDu klateren) < IE base * gal , to CALL, cry out] 1. to make, or move with, a rapid succession of loud, sharp noises; rattle 2. to chatter noisily vt. to cause to clatter n. [ME clater… …   English World dictionary

  • clatter — index noise Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • clatter — late O.E. clatrung, probably from O.E. *clatrian, of imitative origin. Cf. M.Du. klateren, E.Fris. klatern, dial. Ger. klattern. The noun is attested from mid 14c. Clatterer or clatterfart, which wyl disclose anye light secreate. [Richard Huloet …   Etymology dictionary

  • Clatter — Coordinates: 52°32′32″N 3°28′36″W / 52.54215°N 3.47679°W / 52.54215; 3.47679 …   Wikipedia

  • clatter — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ loud, noisy ▪ metallic ▪ sudden VERB + CLATTER ▪ make …   Collocations dictionary

  • clatter — verb 1 (I, T) if heavy hard objects clatter, or if you clatter them, they make a loud unpleasant noise: The tray fell clattering to the ground. 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move quickly and noisily: clatter over/down/along etc: The horse …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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