clatter

clatter is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.
2. intransitive verb. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
3. transitive verb. To make a rattling noise with.
4. noun. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.
5. noun. Commotion; disturbance.
6. noun. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.
7. noun. a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)

   "the shutters clattered against the house"

   "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"

8. verb. make a rattling sound

   "clattering dishes"

   Synonyms: brattle, clack

Synonyms

brattle, clack

Common word forms

clatters, clattered, clatterer, clattering

Words from these letters

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