Associations to the word «Clattering»

Wiktionary

CLATTER, noun. A rattling noise.
CLATTER, noun. A loud disturbance.
CLATTER, noun. Noisy talk or chatter.
CLATTER, verb. (transitive) To cause to make a rattling sound.
CLATTER, verb. (intransitive) To make a rattling noise.
CLATTER, verb. (intransitive) To chatter noisily or rapidly.
CLATTER, verb. (Northern English) To hit; to smack.

Dictionary definition

CLATTER, noun. A rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones".
CLATTER, verb. Make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats