clattered
past simple and past participle ofclatter
clatter
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈklæt.ər/us/ˈklæt̬.ɚ/to makecontinuousloudnoisesbyhittinghardobjectsagainst each other, or tocauseobjectsto do this:
Don't clatter thedishes- you'llwakethebabyup.
He was clatteringawayat hiskeyboard.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
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Noise & noisy
clatter
noun[S]ukus
the clatter ofdishesin thekitchen
Examplesofclattered
clattered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This part of the story isclatteredwith and fractioned by numerous police reports regarding the close watch on politically active revolutionaries.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the totally covered carriages of the newly established schoolclatteredthough the cobbled thoroughfares, people stared in awe and swore at the girls.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He even suggests that they could have beenclatteredtogether for a sound display.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Battiston,clattered, fell to the ground unconscious, with damaged vertebrae and teeth knocked out, later slipping into a coma.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Observers differ on whether it struck his foot,clatteredonto the floor, or was caught in time to be returned to its scabbard with a deft move.
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