2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue. I see thou dost but clatter. Spenser.
CLATTER
Clat"ter, v. t.
Defn: To make a rattling noise with.
You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift.
CLATTER
Clat"ter, n.
1. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds. The goose let fall a golden egg With cackle and with clatter. Tennyson.
2. Commotion; disturbance. "Those mighty feats which made such a clatter in story." Barrow.
3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. "Hold still thy clatter." Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ). Throw by your clatter And handle the matter. B. Jonson
CLATTERER
Clat"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who clatters.
CLATTERINGLY
Clat"ter*ing*ly, adv.