Clatterer

/ˈklætərər/ noun

Definition

A person or thing that makes clattering sounds; something that produces loud, repeated rattling noises.

Etymology

From clatter (imitative origin) plus the agent suffix -er, meaning 'one who clatters' or 'that which clatters.'

Kelly Says

In old mills and factories, machinery operators were sometimes called 'clatterers' because the whole operation was dominated by the endless noise they created—now that word is almost forgotten, replaced by more specific machine names.

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