n. 1. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

The goose let fall a golden egg
With cackle and with clatter. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Commotion; disturbance. “Those mighty feats which made such a clatter in story.” Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. “Hold still thy clatter.” Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

Throw by your clatter
And handle the matter. B. Jonson [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make a rattling noise with. [ 1913 Webster ]

You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Clattered p. pr. & vb. n. Clattering. ] [ AS. cla&unr_;rung a rattle, akin to D. klateren to rattle. Cf. Clack. ] 1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clattering loud with iron clank. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

I see thou dost but clatter. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who clatters. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With clattering. [ 1913 Webster ]