clattering

English

Verb

clattering

  1. present participle of clatter

Noun

clattering (plural clatterings)

  1. A noise that clatters.
    • 1844, Fredrika Bremer, The Neighbours: A Story of Every-day Life, page 59:
      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.
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