Lexic.us

Definition of Clatter

1. Noun. A rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement). "The clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"

2. Verb. Make a rattling sound. "The streets clatter with cars "; "Clattering dishes"

Definition of Clatter

1. v. i. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.

2. v. t. To make a rattling noise with.

3. n. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.

Definition of Clatter

1. Noun. A rattling noise. ¹

2. Noun. A loud disturbance. ¹

3. Noun. Noisy talk or chatter. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To cause to make a rattling sound. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To make a rattling noise ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To chatter noisily or rapidly. ¹

7. Verb. (Northern English) To hit; to smack ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clatter

1. to move with a rattling noise [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clatter

clatches clatching clathrate clathrate compound clathrate crystal clathrates clathrin clathrin adaptor proteins clathrins clathrochelate

clathrochelated clathrochelates clats clatted clatter (current term) clattered clatterer clatterers clattering clatteringly

clatters clattery clattier clattiest clatting clatty clauber claucht clauchted

Literary usage of Clatter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Triumph: A Collection of Music Containing an Introductory Course for by George Frederick Root (1868)
"Then jin-gle, jin-gle, jin-gle, jin-gle, Bells and hoofs are gay; clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter, clat-ter, Afc———=з - clatter, clatter, ..."

2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"I'd clatter on my stumps at the sound of a drum. The Jolly Beggars. S. /. clatter [tattle ... The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter ; Тат о Shanter.s. ..."

3. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c. by Gleeson White (1887)
"In the clatter of the train Is a promise brisk and bright. I shall see my love again ! I am tired and fagged and fain ; But I feel a still delight In the ..."

4. The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad (1917)
"... I HEARD the clatter of the scissors escaping from his hand, noted the perilous heave of his whole person over the edge of the bunk after them, and then, ..."

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