clattering
present 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
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clattering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Weavers were still subject to fatigue from long hours in hot, humid conditions and continuous exposure to high decibels of noise fromclatteringmachinery.
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Once we reach the ticking,clatteringostinato (in the film so memorably applied to the expedition ship crunching through pack-ice), things improve tremendously.
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On this track, moans combine with metallic, reverbed clicking andclattering, and gradually these give way to creaking and stranger vocalising.
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And yet, in thisclatteringemptiness, theatrical magic is being woven.
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Noise from unloaded heavy goods vehicles and lorriesclatteringover badly maintained roads is particularly had.
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The result was that there was aclatteringof feet on the stairs, and eventually a number of men farmed up in a straight line.
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This increasingly progressive studio-heavy approach mostly ofclattering, incidental percussion and background noise found some favor among band loyalists, but baffled the music press.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The joke was derived from the old-fashioned sound effect used by radio shows to convey the sound of hoovesclattering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Often, the bird takes off with a loudclattering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Death is in charge of theclatteringtrain!
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The song featuresclatteringprograms and icy synth block-chords.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instrumentation consists of a storm of drums andclatteringsynths.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its wheel is dripping andclatteringstill, doing duty as faithfully as of old.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was also known for wearing plastic and metal bracelets during concerts and recording sessions; they can sometimes be heard faintlyclatteringon recordings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Upon hearing an intruder, atomies hide and try to make the intruder go away, using false lights,clatteringvoices, and pesky, summoned insects.
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