- 1[intransitive] 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[intransitive] + adv./prep. to move, making a loud noise like hard objects knocking together The cart clattered over the cobblestones. She heard him clattering around downstairs.
clatter
verbNAmE//ˈklæt̮ər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they clatter he / she / it clatters
past simple clattered
-ing form clattering
the clatter of horses' hoofsSee clatter in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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