(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you say that people or things ~ somewhere, you mean that they move there noisily.
He turned and ~ed down the stairs.
VERB: V prep/adv
2.
If something hard ~s, it makes repeated short noises as it hits against another hard thing. (LITERARY)
She set her cup down, and it ~ed against the saucer.
VERB: V prep
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Clatter is also a noun.
From somewhere distant he heard the ~ of a typewriter.
N-SING: usu with supp