Clattering
adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 1 present participle and gerund of clatter form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 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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More examples"In Montpellier, the tram clattering along used to wake me up every day."
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