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clatters

  • present tense form of clatter (3rd person singular).

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She watches a humanoid robot totter around a demonstration kitchen until it trips on a chair and clatters to the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The 19-year-old's quickest time on the board so far is a 1:18.667 and on his latest run, clatters the kerbs in the borrowed Haas.

From BBC • May 16, 2024

A conveyor clatters as the last papers are carried to the bundlers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2024

“Adaptation” was shot on 16 millimeter color film — the projector clatters away in the gallery on a derrick-like stand — using scale models and other practical effects.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

It clatters against the saucer and I notice her hand is shaking.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler