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   clatter

   /ˈklatə/

   noun

   • 1. a continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other: "the horse spun round with a clatter of hooves"

   verb

   • 1. make or cause to make a continuous rattling sound: "her coffee cup clattered in the saucer"
   • ▪ fall or move with a clatter: "they heard Sybil's shoes clattering up the stone steps"
   • ▪ (of a soccer player) foul (an opponent): "Bennett clattered Coleman ten yards out from goal"

   Word Origin Old English (as a verb), of imitative origin.

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   What does clatter mean?

   • If something hard clatters, it makes repeated short noises as it hits against another hard thing. His hobnail boots clattered on the stone floor. [VERB preposition] She set her cup down, and it clattered against the saucer. [VERB preposition] Clatter is also a noun. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What does clatterfart mean?

   • Clatterfart According to one Tudor Latin-English dictionary from 1552, a clatterfart is someone who “will disclose any light secret.” In other words, a gossip or a blabbermouth. 8. Clipmalabor Clipmalabor is an old Scots word for a gossip or a chatterbox, or according to the Scottish National Dictionary, “a senseless silly talker.”

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   What is a bop clatter?

   • It's all honk and grind - the clatter of a hundred bop quartets cooking from 5 a.m. to midnight. When the speakers aren't deaf to the clatter they're creating, they can adjust to create sound that's fit for a specific room and nowhere else. One small child dances and smacks a tambourine, another clatters through in a plastic car.

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   Why do wickets clatter?

   • The clatter of wickets was not because of any dramatic change in the conditions. We heard voices outside and then a sound of clattering footsteps and the men were back in the room. Then, half way through the scene there was a loud clatter. If there is a group of them working together, one can hear the pebbles clattering.

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   4 meanings: 1. to make or cause to make a rattling noise, esp as a result of movement 2. to chatter 3. a rattling sound or.... Click for more definitions.

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   clatter: [noun] a rattling sound (as of hard bodies striking together).

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   Clatter definition: to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other. See examples of CLATTER used in a sentence.

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   clatter: 1 n a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement) “the shutters clattered against the house” “the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones” Type of: noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) v make a rattling sound “clatter ing dishes ” Synonyms: brattle , clack Type of: make noise , noise , resound ...

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   Define clatter. clatter synonyms, clatter pronunciation, clatter translation, English dictionary definition of clatter. v. clat·tered , clat·ter·ing , clat·ters v. intr. 1. To make a rattling sound. 2. To move with a rattling sound: clattering along on roller skates. 3.

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