Meaning & use
Clattered
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Made a rapid series of short, sharp, rattling sounds, typically caused by hard objects striking together.
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The dishes clattered to the floor when the cat jumped onto the counter.
Hooves clattered on the cobblestones as the cart rumbled down the street.
A note on using this word
"Clatter" is an onomatopoeic word, its sound mimicking the noise of hard objects knocking together.
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