— clatterer , n. — clatteringly , adv. — clattery , adj.
/klat"euhr/ , v.i.
1. to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
2. to move rapidly with such a sound: The iron-wheeled cart clattered down the street.
3. to talk fast and noisily; chatter: They clattered on and on about their children.
v.t.
4. to cause to clatter: clattering the pots and pans in the sink.
n.
5. a rattling noise or series of rattling noises: The stagecoach made a terrible clatter going over the wooden bridge.
6. noisy disturbance; din; racket.
7. noisy talk; din of voices: They had to shout over the clatter at the cocktail party.
8. idle talk; gossip.
[ bef. 1050; ME clateren, OE clatr- (in clatrunge ); c. D klateren to rattle; see -ER 6 ]