"clattery" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more clattery [comparative], most clattery [superlative]
Etymology: From clatter + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clatter|y}} clatter + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} clattery (comparative more clattery, superlative most clattery)
  1. (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome. Tags: informal
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