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- Dictionaryclattering/ˈklat(ə)rɪŋ/
noun
- 1. a continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other: "a clattering of pans in the kitchen"
- 2. a flock of choughs (birds): rare "you will have to chatter like a clattering of choughs"
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to make continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects against each other, or to cause objects to do this: Don't clatter the dishes - you'll wake the baby up. He was clattering away at his keyboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact. bang around. bleep. boop. choo-choo. chuff. clap along.
to make continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects against each other, or to cause objects to do this: Don't clatter the dishes - you'll wake the baby up. He was clattering away at his keyboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact. bang around. bleep. boop. choo-choo. chuff. clap along.
to make continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects against each other, or to cause objects to do this: Don't clatter the dishes - you'll wake the baby up. He was clattering away at his keyboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact. bang around. bleep. choo-choo. chuff. clap along. click away.
Definition of clatter verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
: to talk noisily or rapidly. 3. : to move or go with a clatter. clattered down the stairs. transitive verb. : to cause to clatter. clatterer. ˈkla-tər-ər. noun. clatteringly. ˈkla-tə-riŋ-lē. adverb. clatter. 2 of 2. noun.
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.
