\Clat"ter\ (kl[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Clattered} (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clattering}.] [AS.
clatrung 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.
         Clattering loud with iron clank.      --Longfellow.
2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
         I see thou dost but clatter.          --Spenser.

\Clat"ter\, v. t.
To make a rattling noise with.
      You clatter still your brazen kettle.    --Swift.

\Clat"ter\, n.
1. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard
   bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of
   abrupt sounds.
         The goose let fall a golden egg With cackle and with
         clatter.                              --Tennyson.
2. Commotion; disturbance. ``Those mighty feats which made
   such a clatter in story.''