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Clatter \Clat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clattered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Clattering}.] [AS. cla?rung 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.
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Clattering loud with iron clank. --Longfellow.
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2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
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I see thou dost but clatter. --Spenser.
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Clatter \Clat"ter\, v. t.
To make a rattling noise with.
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You clatter still your brazen kettle. --Swift.
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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.
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The goose let fall a golden egg
With cackle and with clatter. --Tennyson.
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2. Commotion; disturbance. "Those mighty feats which made
such a clatter in story." --Barrow.
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3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. "Hold still thy
clatter." --Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ).
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Throw by your clatter
And handle the matter. --B. Jonson
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