clatter

Other forms of clatter

plural

clatters·

past tense

clatterred·

present participle

clatterring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clatter

What does clatter mean?

clatter means "a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clatter?

clatter has 2 syllables: clat-ter. The stress falls on "clat". In IPA it is /ˈklætɚ/.

What is another word for clatter?

Close synonyms include clack, brattle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clatter a common word?

clatter is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.