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clatter(2)(dictionary)
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clitter-clatter(dictionary)

clatter(1) (iou)



clatter noun. LME.
[Prob. from the verb: cf. Middle Dutch klatere, Dutch klater a rattle.]
Noisy rapid talk, loud chatter, gabble. LME.
T. H. White Shut yer trap,..and leave this daft clatter about Sir Lancelot.
b. sing. & in pl. Gossip; tittle-tattle. Chiefly Scot. L16.
A rattling noise as of the rapidly repeated collision of sonorous bodies that do not ring. L16.
S. Johnson The clatter of empty pots.
clattery adverb & adjective (a) adverb (now non-standard, rare) in a clattery manner, clatteringly; (b) adjective tending to clatter, clattering: E19.