clatter

Meanings

Verb

• To make a rattling sound.
• To chatter noisily or rapidly.
• To hit; to smack.

Noun

• A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.
• A loud disturbance.
• Noisy talk or chatter.

Related

Similar words

• commotion
• racket

Origin

• From Middle English clatren, from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin.
• The noun, derived from the verb, is first attested in the 14^th century.