clattery.

Making repeated, hard rattling or knocking sounds.

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Words that belong together

• clattery machinery
• a clattery cart

On the page

A clattery cart crossed the courtyard before the market had opened.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more clattery; superlative most clattery. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.