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adj. - A rattling sound as of hard things striking together.

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  • Verb (used without object) : The shutters clattered in the wind. ,The iron-wheeled cart clattered down the street. ,They clattered on and on about their children
  • Verb (used with object) : clattering the pots and pans in the sink
  • Fast now, clattery, not the stealthy creaking tread from last night.
  • Higby briskly went over and started the large, noisy, clattery, tinny
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