clattered

verbcrash; make racket

Synonyms for clattered

verb crash; make racket

Antonyms for clattered

Word Origin & History

late Old English clatrung "clattering, noise," verbal noun implying an Old English *clatrian, of imitative origin. Cf. Middle Dutch klateren, East Frisian klatern, dialectal German klattern. The noun is attested from mid-14c.

Example Sentences for clattered

Shandy gave the bridle a swing, and it clattered to the floor from its peg.

It clattered unheeded to the floor as the bantam dived for Hilary and Joan.

His electric lamp fell from his hand, and clattered to the floor.

They thundered on the planks of the drawbridge and clattered on the stones of the courtyard.

James clattered into the empty sitting-room and stared about him.

In her broken-down green wedgies she clattered toward the door.

Stroeve, glad to make himself useful, clattered down the stairs.

With this, he unhooked his nag from the wall, and clattered off to the "Packhorse."

The whole rumbled and clattered by, then turned into Ninth Street.

After it clattered Dick and Tom, still a hundred feet in the rear.