clatter
verb (used without object)
to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other.
clatters
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present tense formof clatter (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Slap the City” clatters and coos with R&B falsetto and at least makes the blank nihilism of Drake’s dating life feel self-aware.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
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
Dimitar Mitov comes out in an effort to stop Emiliano Marcondes as he attempts to get his head on Rocky Bushiri's deflected shot and absolutely clatters into the Hibs attacker.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024
But at the very moment of its triumphant recovery, the painting clatters to the floor, by simple accident.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
The container of half-n-half slips from my grip and clatters to the counter.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
