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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clatter \Clat"ter\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Clattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clattering}.] [AS. cla?rung a rattle, akin to D. klateren to rattle. Cf. {Clack}.]
1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.
Clattering loud with iron clank. --Longfellow.
2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
I see thou dost but clatter. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
clattering
adjective: a rattling sound as of hard things striking together; "a clattering typewriter"; "the clattering sound of dishes" [syn: {clattery}]
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