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aclatter

adj

Etymology

From a- + clatter.

  1. inherited from *clatrian✻
  2. inherited from clatren — “to make a rattling sound”
  3. prefixed as aclatter — “a + clatter”

Definitions

  1. Clattering, making or filled with a clattering sound.

    • I hear the hoofs a-clatter.
    • It ain’t an easy job, directing traffic at ’Yde Park Corner. Buses and ’ansom cabs. All a-clatter on the cobbles.

  2. Clattering, with a clatter.

    • The wet sack collapsing aclatter on the ground.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA