Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.
- 2intransitive verb
To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
- 3transitive verb
To make a rattling noise with.
- 4noun
A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.
- 5noun
Commotion; disturbance.
- 6noun
Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.
- 7noun
a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
"the shutters clattered against the house"
"the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"
- 8verb
make a rattling sound
"clattering dishes"
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