1in singularA continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other.
a clattering of pans in the kitchen
Example sentencesExamples
I could see nothing, and all I could hear was this clattering of gravel on the tin roof.
There was a clattering and tumbling as everything spilled out on to the floor.
Mist rolls in from the Thames and the clattering of jugs of ale and steaming platters of jellied eels is interrupted only by the noise of wheels on cobbles.
Just before I fell asleep, I heard the clattering of hooves beside me.
With all the noise going on and the clattering of the ship being loaded, it was hardly giving one the opportunity to clear one's mind.
With all the clattering coming from the shed last night we're pretty certain the possum has taken up residence in there.
There came such a clattering of hoof beats around the corner that it caused every eye to look round.
It is a marvelous thing to hear that rumble of thunder in the distance and the clattering of the raindrops beginning to fall.
Toward midnight a shriek was heard, then a clattering and rumbling noise, and the next instant a vast terrific eye shot by.
The clattering goes on in the kitchen.
2rare A flock of choughs (birds)
you will have to chatter like a clattering of choughs
Definition of clattering in US English:
clattering
nounˈklædərɪŋˈkladəriNG
1in singularA continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other.
a clattering of pans in the kitchen
Example sentencesExamples
It is a marvelous thing to hear that rumble of thunder in the distance and the clattering of the raindrops beginning to fall.
Just before I fell asleep, I heard the clattering of hooves beside me.
I could see nothing, and all I could hear was this clattering of gravel on the tin roof.
The clattering goes on in the kitchen.
With all the noise going on and the clattering of the ship being loaded, it was hardly giving one the opportunity to clear one's mind.
There was a clattering and tumbling as everything spilled out on to the floor.
With all the clattering coming from the shed last night we're pretty certain the possum has taken up residence in there.
There came such a clattering of hoof beats around the corner that it caused every eye to look round.
Mist rolls in from the Thames and the clattering of jugs of ale and steaming platters of jellied eels is interrupted only by the noise of wheels on cobbles.
Toward midnight a shriek was heard, then a clattering and rumbling noise, and the next instant a vast terrific eye shot by.
2rare A flock of choughs (birds)
you will have to chatter like a clattering of choughs