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Clattered

Clatter \Clat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clattering.] [AS. cla?rung a rattle, akin to D. klateren to rattle. Cf. Clack.]

  1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.

    Clattering loud with iron clank.
    --Longfellow.

  2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.

    I see thou dost but clatter.
    --Spenser.

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clattered

vb. (en-past of: clatter)

Usage examples of "clattered".

She clattered down the steps, whipped Calypso's reins free from the rail as the men piled into the flitter.

The Ryxi clattered its beak, shifted from one great knobby foot to another, fluffed and sleeked its feathers, staring wide-eyed at the viewscreen.

As he took the lead from me, he pressed some coins in my hand, grinned, and winked, then clattered off, his long legs dangling almost to his mount's knees.

Grenejon whispered in his ear as the royal party clattered out of the courtyard.

Sunset clattered in on four feet, and stood, his noseless face almost in the works as she pulled the switches apart again.

Saki's hooves clattered across it, summoning the resident pets: Coonies, Darbuls and what Laria had termed Slithers, the Mrdini equivalent of a pet.

Omigod , and Rainey ducked as a spear clattered on the rock beyond him.

With a grab as deft as Whitby's fishing, Fek wrenched aboard something that clattered as it fell.

Just as he was climbing up to the entryway, a party of riders clattered in on the northern road and he recognized Raid, Lord Maidir's eldest son.

So, lashing the tiller as he'd once seen Captain Gostol do for a quick moment of relief, he clattered down into the cabin, startling Kasia awake.

She clattered up the last few steps and walked into such a splendid space that she just stood, looking around in amazeĀ­ment.

The arrow sang in the air and clattered against the stones of the wall a few feet to Garion's left.

Their horses scrambled and clattered up the side among the wet boulders.

They clattered through the archway and into the narrow, crooked streets.

The round stone clattered as it bounced against the rocks of the wall.