clatter
/ˈklæɾɚ/ verb C2- To make a rattling sound.
- To chatter noisily or rapidly.
- To hit; to smack.
He/she/it clatters · Past clattered · Past participle clattered · -ing form clattering
Verb forms
- Base form
- clatter
- He/she/it
- clatters
- Past
- clattered
- Past participle
- clattered
- -ing form
- clattering
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As they drew near, the cow suddenly gave a kick and kicked over the stool, the pail, and even the milkmaid herself, and all fell on the china ground with a great clatter.
Next door there appeared to be a children’s party, for the merry buzz of young voices and the clatter of a piano resounded through the night.
“I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands,” remarked our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists.
Drop it!” He struck out with his hand, and a revolver which the younger man was in the act of cocking clattered down upon the floor.
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