clatter
/ˈklæɾɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.65 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A loud disturbance.
noun
Alternative form of clitter; scree.
Example Sentences
- "When all the bees are gone to settle, / You clatter still your brazen kettle."
- "When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn in the best place he could find. Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones: […]"
- "Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard, / And he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred; […]"
- "I sprang up the break of the poop, and saw -- Wolf Larsen. What of my impetus and the stunning surprise, I clattered three or four steps along the deck before I could stop myself."
- "[Hoop-and-stick] was not a little gentleman's game but was played by boys in heavy boots making a terrific noise as they clattered along on the pavements at quite a speed."
- "But if that I knewe what his name hight, / For clatering of me I would him ſone quight; / For his falſe lying, of that I ſpake never, / I could make him ſhortly repent him forever: […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: clatren, *clatrian, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈklæɾɚ/
- British English: /ˈklætəː/