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clatter
Universal Words
verb
1 [V] if hard objects clatter, they knock together and make a loud noise:
He dropped the knife and it clattered on the stone floor. * Her cup clattered in the saucer.
2 [V+adv./prep.] to move making a loud noise like hard objects knocking together:
The cart clattered over the cobbles. * She heard him clattering around downstairs.
clatter (also clattering) noun [sing.]:
the clatter of horses' hoofs
