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clatter

clat·ter

UK/ˈklætəː/ US/ˈklætʰəː/ fairly common informal
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

make a rattling sound

  • “clattering dishes”
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noun

1.

a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)

  • “the shutters clattered against the house”
  • “the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones”

Origin

From Middle English clatren (“to make a rattling sound”), from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Dutch klateren, kletteren. The noun, derived from the verb, is first attested in the 14ᵗʰ century.

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