clatter > define

noun

• A rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement. )
  • usage: "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"

verb

• Make a rattling sound.
  • usage: "clattering dishes"
  • synonyms: clack, brattle

• (v.i.) To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.
• (n.) Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.
• (n.) Commotion; disturbance.
• (n.) A rattling noise, especially that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.
• (v.i.) To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
• (v.t.) To make a rattling noise with.