EGAVE

clatter

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To make a rattling sound.
  2. verb To chatter noisily or rapidly.
  3. verb To hit; to smack.
  4. noun A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.
  5. noun A loud disturbance.
  6. noun Noisy talk or chatter.
  7. noun A large group, especially of sibling children; a lot
  8. noun Alternative form of clitter; scree.

Similar words

brattle clack clitter clank racket rattle clacket clapper jangle clunk

Often followed by

of and on as in to that from with

Word family

clattered clatterer clatterers clattering clatteringly clatters clattery

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