If something hard clatters, it makes repeated short noises as it hits against another hard thing. She set her cup down, and it clattered against the saucer. Clatter is also a noun. From somewhere distant he heard the clatter of a typewriter
a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones" make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes