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clatter

(klætəʳ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense clatters, present participle clattering, past tense, past participle clattered
1. verb
If you say that people or things clatter somewhere, you mean that they move there noisily.
He turned and clattered down the stairs. [VERB preposition/adverb]
2. verb
If something hard clatters, it makes repeated short noises as it hits against another hard thing.
[literary]
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.
From somewhere distant he heard the clatter of a typewriter. [+ of]

clatter in British English

(ˈklætə)
verb
1. 
to make or cause to make a rattling noise, esp as a result of movement
2. (intransitive)
to chatter
noun
3. 
a rattling sound or noise
4. 
a noisy commotion, such as one caused by loud chatter
Derived forms
clatterer (ˈclatterer)
noun
clatteringly (ˈclatteringly)
adverb
clattery (ˈclattery)
adjective
Word origin
Old English clatrung clattering (gerund); related to Dutch klateren to rattle, German klatschen to smack, Norwegian klattra to knock

clatter in American English

(ˈklætər)
verb intransitive
1. 
to make, or move with, a rapid succession of loud, sharp noises; rattle
2. 
to chatter noisily
verb transitive
3. 
to cause to clatter
noun
4. 
a rapid succession of loud, sharp noises
5. 
a tumult; hubbub
6. 
noisy chatter
Derived forms
clatterer (ˈclatterer)
noun
clatteringly (ˈclatteringly)
adverb
Word origin
ME clateren < OE *clatrian (akin to MDu klateren) < IE base *gal-, to call, cry out

Examples of 'clatter' in a sentence
clatter

That clatter you hear is scales tumbling from eyes across the nation.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There was a clatter of wickets in the afternoon.
The Sun (2011)
The pitch was nowhere near as bad as the clatter of wickets suggested.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The clatter of wickets was not because of any dramatic change in the conditions.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The clatter of wickets has become too familiar.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The local police chief told residents the force helicopter clattered over the streets sometimes as a deterrent.
The Sun (2006)
The male and female greet each other at the nest by making a loud clattering with their beaks.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We heard voices outside and then a sound of clattering footsteps and the men were back in the room.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There is a distant but unmistakable clattering sound that is incongruous to the refined air of the robust cabin.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The sound of clattering pots disappeared.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Then, half way through the scene there was a loud clatter.
Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest FootballManager (2006)
If there is a group of them working together, one can hear the pebbles clattering.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The song begins with pounding drums, around which metallic noises clatter.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They began slowly at first, seeking to halt the clatter of wickets.
The Sun (2009)
There is normally a constant roar of jets and the clatter of helicopters - but this time it was ghostly quiet.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He said: 'I heard a clatter and a scream.
The Sun (2009)
But a clatter of four wickets for 10 runs in four overs once more showed their rock-bottom confidence.
The Sun (2014)

In other languages
clatter

British English: clatter VERB
If you say that people or things clatter somewhere, you mean that they move there noisily.
He turned and clattered down the stairs.
  • American English: clatter
  • Brazilian Portuguese: mover-se ruidosamente
  • Chinese: > 出大声指移动时
  • European Spanish: hacer ruido {or} estruendo
  • French: aller bruyammentN
  • German: trappeln
  • Italian: scalpitare
  • Japanese: がやがやと進む
  • Korean: 시끄러운 소리를 내며 가다
  • European Portuguese: mover-se ruidosamente
  • Latin American Spanish: hacer ruido {or} estruendo

Chinese translation of 'clatter'

clatter

(ˈklætəʳ)

vi

  1. (liter) [dishes, pots etc] 发(發)出喀嗒声(聲) (fāchū kādā shēng)

n (s)

  1. (liter) 喀嗒声(聲) (kādā shēng)
    to clatter around 乒乒乓乓地乱(亂)动(動) (pīngpīng-pāngpāng de luàndòng)
    he clattered down the stairs 他乒乒乓乓地下了楼(樓)梯 (tā pīngpīng-pāngpāng de xiàle lóutī)
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