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Word entry · 7 letters

clatter

Best crossword clue

"Noisy rattle"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈklætəː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acelrttStarts with CEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2L3A4T5T6E7R

Definitions

  1. make a rattling sound

Word origin

From Middle English clatren (“to make a rattling sound”), from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Dutch klateren, kletteren.

Used in a sentence

  • When all the bees are gone to settle, / You clatter still your brazen kettle.
  • Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard, / And he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred; […]
  • I sprang up the break of the poop, and saw -- Wolf Larsen. What of my impetus and the stunning surprise, I clattered three or four steps along the deck before I could stop myself.

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