4 entries under this word

Clatter

Clăt'ter, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. CLATTERED; p. pr. & vb. n. CLATTERING.] [D. klateren, kletteren, A-S. clatrung, cleadur, any thing that makes a clattering, drum, rattle.]

To make rattling sounds; to make repeated and abrupt sounds, as by striking hard bodies. “Clattering loud with iron clank.” Longfellow.
To make empty and noisy talk; to rattle with the tongue; to prate.

I see thou dost but clatter. Spenser.

Clăt'ter, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To strike and make a rattling noise. You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift.

Clăt'ter, n.

noun

n. A repeated rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt sounds. “The clatter of street-pacing steeds.” Cowper.

Clăt'ter, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To make a bustle, or fill with confusion.