Clatter
Clatter , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon cla{not transcribed}rung a rattle, akin to Dutch klateren to rattle. Compare 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.
2.
To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
I see thou dost but clatter.
Clatter , transitive verb
To make a rattling noise with.
You clatter still your brazen kettle.
Clatter , noun
1.
A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.
The goose let fall a golden egg
With cackle and with clatter.
2.
Commotion; disturbance.
Those mighty feats which made such a clatter in story.
3.
Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.
Hold still thy clatter.
Throw by your clatter
And handle the matter.