Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to clatter
Participle: clattered
Gerund: clattering
Indicative
Present
| I | clatter |
| you | clatter |
| he;she;it | clatters |
| we | clatter |
| you | clatter |
| they | clatter |
Perfect
| I | have clattered |
| you | have clattered |
| he;she;it | has clattered |
| we | have clattered |
| you | have clattered |
| they | have clattered |
Past
| I | clattered |
| you | clattered |
| he;she;it | clattered |
| we | clattered |
| you | clattered |
| they | clattered |
Pluperfect
| I | had clattered |
| you | had clattered |
| he;she;it | had clattered |
| we | had clattered |
| you | had clattered |
| they | had clattered |
Future
| I | will clatter |
| you | will clatter |
| he;she;it | will clatter |
| we | will clatter |
| you | will clatter |
| they | will clatter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have clattered |
| you | will have clattered |
| he;she;it | will have clattered |
| we | will have clattered |
| you | will have clattered |
| they | will have clattered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | clatter |
| you | clatter |
| he;she;it | clatter |
| we | clatter |
| you | clatter |
| they | clatter |
Perfect
| I | have clattered |
| you | have clattered |
| he;she;it | have clattered |
| we | have clattered |
| you | have clattered |
| they | have clattered |
Imperfect
| I | clattered |
| you | clattered |
| he;she;it | clattered |
| we | clattered |
| you | clattered |
| they | clattered |
Pluperfect
| I | had clattered |
| you | had clattered |
| he;she;it | had clattered |
| we | had clattered |
| you | had clattered |
| they | had clattered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would clatter |
| you | would clatter |
| he;she;it | would clatter |
| we | would clatter |
| you | would clatter |
| they | would clatter |
Perfect
| I | would have clattered |
| you | would have clattered |
| he;she;it | would have clattered |
| we | would have clattered |
| you | would have clattered |
| they | would have clattered |
Imperative
| you | clatter |
| we | Let's clatter |
| you | clatter |
Verbs conjugated like 'clatter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'clatter'
blatter,
chatter,
clitter,
clotter,
clutter,
flatter,
slatter,
atter,
batter,
blather,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. late O.E., probably from O.E.
*clatrian, imitative, perhaps from PIE base
*gal- "to cry out."
2. From Middle English clatren (“to make a rattling sound”), from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Dutch klateren, kletteren.
3. The noun, derived from the verb, is first attested in the 14ᵗʰ century. See: Dutch '
klateren'.
Verbs referencing "clatter"
Dutch
klateren.
Sample Sentences
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[...] no signal: nothing but a rough wooden arch, on which is painted ‘WHEN THE BELL RINGS, LOOK OUT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE. ’ On it whirls headlong, dives through the woods again, emerges in the light, clatters over frail arches, rumbles upon the heavy ground, shoots beneath a wooden bridge which intercepts the light for a second like a wink, suddenly awakens all the slumbering echoes in the main street of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Tom hardly realized anything; but still the bidding went on,—ratting, clattering, now French, now English. Down goes the hammer again,—Susan is sold ! She goes down from the block, stops, looks wistfully back,—her daughter stretches her hands towards her. She looks with agony in [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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- [ gunfire stops ] - [ shell casings clatter ] Amy! Now! ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, come on!
(Werewolves)