clatter
IPA: kɫˈætɝ
noun
- A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.
- A loud disturbance.
- Noisy talk or chatter.
verb
- (intransitive) To make a rattling sound.
- (intransitive) To chatter noisily or rapidly.
- (Northern England) To hit; to smack.
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Examples of "clatter" in Sentences
- Dain let his sword clatter to the floor and ran to Moira.
- The clatter was a relief to Carol after months of smug houses.
- She liked to admire his uniform, and to hear his sword clatter as he walked.
- It's like being at the Seneca Niagara Casino and hearing the coins clatter into the tray of a slot machine.
- He stepped close up to her, made a rustling with the branches, and let his sword clatter, but she moved not.
- That these come unexpectedly in the midst of endless gross clatter is one of those mysteries of the creative process best not to dwell upon.
- The soldiers wore the downcast, silent, and sullen looks with which they trail their arms at a funeral, and stepped with such caution that you could not hear a buckler ring or a sword clatter, though so many men in armour were moving around the tent.
- The soldiers wore the downcast, silent, and sullen looks, with which they trail their arms at a funeral, and stepped with such caution that you could not hear a buckler ring, or a sword clatter, though so many men in armour were moving around the tent.
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