clatter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clatter	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for clatter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clatter n a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones" v make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter, clack, brattle]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clatter \Clat"ter\ (kl[acr]t"t[etil]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clattered} (-t[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clattering}.] [AS. clatrung 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 sounds. Clattering loud with iron clank. --Longfellow. 2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue. I see thou dost but clatter. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clatter \Clat"ter\, v. t. To make a rattling noise with. You clatter still your brazen kettle. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. The goose let fall a golden egg With cackle and with clatter. --Tennyson. 2. Commotion; disturbance. [bd]Those mighty feats which made such a clatter in story.[b8]