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CLATTER, v.i.
CLATTER, v.t.
CLATTER, n.
To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together]
to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.
Clattering loud with iron clank. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle
with the tongue.
I see thou dost but clatter. To make a
rattling noise with.
You clatter still your brazen kettle. 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 Commotion; disturbance.
"Those
mighty feats which made such a clatter in story."
Barrow.
Rapid, noisy talk; babble;
chatter.
"Hold still thy clatter." Towneley
Myst. (15 th Cent. ).
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