Clattering

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A noise that clatters.

    "Miss Greta closed her eyes. Quickly, however, did she open them again; for a dull noise, with certain whiskings-about and flutterings, together with low clatterings, approached her ear."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of clatter form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    In a state or process of being clattered.

    "Do we really need another doe-eyed female singer-songwriter with a penchant for electro-pop? Twenty-two-year-old Louisa Rose Allen, aka Foxes, certainly thinks so. Available as a free download via Neon Gold, her debut single Youth is a monster mix of keening vocals, slow-burn electronics and, by the song's end, big clattering drums."

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"In Montpellier, the tram clattering along used to wake me up every day."

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