Clatter
verb
To make a loud, unpleasant noise by hitting hard substances together.
The dishes clattered in the sink as she washed them.
Often appears as...
- clatter of dishes
- clatter of hooves
noun
A continuous loud banging or rattling noise.
She was awakened by the clatter of dishes in the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- clatter of dishes
- clatter of hooves
verb
To move making a loud noise.
The old train clattered along the tracks.
Often appears as...
- clatter along
- clatter down
verb
To make a loud, unpleasant noise by hitting hard substances together.
The dishes clattered in the sink as she washed them.
Often appears as...
- clatter of dishes
- clatter of hooves
noun
A continuous loud banging or rattling noise.
She was awakened by the clatter of dishes in the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- clatter of dishes
- clatter of hooves
verb
To move making a loud noise.
The old train clattered along the tracks.
Often appears as...
- clatter along
- clatter down
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Unpleasant Noise
Use 'clatter' to describe loud, irritating sounds, often made by objects striking each other.
He dropped the tray, and the silverware made a terrible clatter.
Pro Tip 2/3Impact Sound
'Clatter' implies objects hitting each other repeatedly or harshly, creating chaos.
The clatter of her heels on the tile was distracting during the presentation.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Interaction
'Clatter' often involves hard materials like metal or porcelain; softer materials don't clatter.
The keys clattered against each other as he walked.
Pro Tip 1/3Unpleasant Noise
Use 'clatter' to describe loud, irritating sounds, often made by objects striking each other.
He dropped the tray, and the silverware made a terrible clatter.
Pro Tip 2/3Impact Sound
'Clatter' implies objects hitting each other repeatedly or harshly, creating chaos.
The clatter of her heels on the tile was distracting during the presentation.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Interaction
'Clatter' often involves hard materials like metal or porcelain; softer materials don't clatter.
The keys clattered against each other as he walked.
Pro Tip 1/3Unpleasant Noise
Use 'clatter' to describe loud, irritating sounds, often made by objects striking each other.
He dropped the tray, and the silverware made a terrible clatter.
Pro Tip 2/3Impact Sound
'Clatter' implies objects hitting each other repeatedly or harshly, creating chaos.
The clatter of her heels on the tile was distracting during the presentation.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Interaction
'Clatter' often involves hard materials like metal or porcelain; softer materials don't clatter.
The keys clattered against each other as he walked.
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Video examples
Maira Kalman: The...
So, I commissioned a wonderful composer, Nico Muhly, who wrote nine songs using the text, and we performed this fantastic evening of -- he wrote music for both amateurs and professionals. I played the clattering teacup and the slinky
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Braving a Thunderstorm...
Hollywood movie thus an electrical storm waiting for endangered wolf to blunder out of the darkness surely with lightning clattering round the sky any self-respecting wolf will be curled
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The Legend of Sleepy...
clattering of hooves of the Headless Horseman beware he still rides he still rides
Video examples
Maira Kalman: The...
So, I commissioned a wonderful composer, Nico Muhly, who wrote nine songs using the text, and we performed this fantastic evening of -- he wrote music for both amateurs and professionals. I played the clattering teacup and the slinky
Video examples
Braving a Thunderstorm...
Hollywood movie thus an electrical storm waiting for endangered wolf to blunder out of the darkness surely with lightning clattering round the sky any self-respecting wolf will be curled
Video examples
The Legend of Sleepy...
clattering of hooves of the Headless Horseman beware he still rides he still rides
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
James Wolcott
American Critic
What's happening to movie critics is no different from what has been meted out to book, dance, theater, and fine-arts reviewers and reporters in the cultural deforestation that has driven refugees into the diffuse clatter of the Internet and Twitter, where some adapt and thrive - such as Roger Ebert - while others disappear without a twinkle.
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Richard Edelman
American Businessman
Israeli ingenuity was never more evident than in the Ayalon bullet factory built during the British occupation of Palestine. It was constructed underneath an urban kibbutz. The workers had a bakery and laundry which provided constant clatter to disguise the work carried on below ground.
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Sabaa Tahir
Pakistani Writer
For a while, gently bumping into my nightstand meant a pile of 50 books clattering onto my head and the floor. After the 10th time this happened, I moved most of the books to a shelf in the spare room. Now, my nightstand is sort of like a bookish country club. And not all books get in.
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Alissa Quart
American Writer
When I was a young child, professional aspiration was synonymous to me with the clatter of my mother's high-heeled boots as she went off to teach each 1970s weekday morning, carrying her graded blue books under her arm.
Quote examples
James Wolcott
American Critic
What's happening to movie critics is no different from what has been meted out to book, dance, theater, and fine-arts reviewers and reporters in the cultural deforestation that has driven refugees into the diffuse clatter of the Internet and Twitter, where some adapt and thrive - such as Roger Ebert - while others disappear without a twinkle.
Quote examples
Richard Edelman
American Businessman
Israeli ingenuity was never more evident than in the Ayalon bullet factory built during the British occupation of Palestine. It was constructed underneath an urban kibbutz. The workers had a bakery and laundry which provided constant clatter to disguise the work carried on below ground.
Quote examples
Sabaa Tahir
Pakistani Writer
For a while, gently bumping into my nightstand meant a pile of 50 books clattering onto my head and the floor. After the 10th time this happened, I moved most of the books to a shelf in the spare room. Now, my nightstand is sort of like a bookish country club. And not all books get in.
Quote examples
Alissa Quart
American Writer
When I was a young child, professional aspiration was synonymous to me with the clatter of my mother's high-heeled boots as she went off to teach each 1970s weekday morning, carrying her graded blue books under her arm.
Example 1 of 4
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