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- pronunciation:
- klae
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
clatters, clattering, clattered |
| definition: |
to make a loud rattling noise, as by striking objects together or by moving.
The engine clattered as he started it up.The youngsters clattered down the stairs.- synonyms:
- rattle
- similar words:
- jangle, knock, racket
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| related words: |
chatter, clank, clap, clash, crash, din |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to cause to make a loud rattling noise.
The boy clattered the stick along the fence boards.- synonyms:
- jangle, rattle
- similar words:
- knock
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| related words: |
clank, jangle |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a loud rattling noise.
We could hear the clatter of horses' hooves in the street below.- synonyms:
- jangle, rattle, rattling
- similar words:
- clangor, clank, commotion, crash, din, jangling, knock, knocking, racket
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| related words: |
chatter, clamor, clap, clash, crash, noise |
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| derivations: |
clattery (adj.), clatteringly (adv.) |
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