Clattering

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clatter \Clat"ter\, v. i. [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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
              Clattering loud with iron clank.      --Longfellow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I see thou dost but clatter.          --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clattering
       adj : a rattling sound as of hard things striking together; "a
             clattering typewriter"; "the clattering sound of
             dishes" [syn: {clattery}]