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  • 11knock — [näk] vi. [ME knokken < OE cnocian, akin to ON knoka, MHG knochen, to press < echoic base > KNACK] 1. to strike a blow or blows with the fist or some hard object; esp., to rap on a door 2. to bump; collide; clash 3. to make a thumping,… …

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  • 12clatter — clatterer, n. clatteringly, adv. clattery, adj. /klat euhr/, v.i. 1. to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind. 2. to move rapidly with such a sound …

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  • 13clatter — clat•ter [[t]ˈklæt ər[/t]] v. i. 1) to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other 2) to move rapidly with such a sound: The train clattered down the track[/ex] 3) to talk fast and noisily; …

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  • 14Rattle — Rat tle (r[a^]t t l), v. t. 1. To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain. [1913 Webster] 2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise. [1913 Webster] Sound but another [drum], and another shall As loud as thine… …

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  • 15To rattle off — Rattle Rat tle (r[a^]t t l), v. t. 1. To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain. [1913 Webster] 2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise. [1913 Webster] Sound but another [drum], and another shall As loud as …

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  • 16clack — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To talk heedlessly] Syn. chatter, clatter, rattle, prate; see babble . 2. [To make a rattling noise] Syn. clatter, click, rattle, clap; see sound 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To make a light, sharp noise: click,… …

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  • 17knock — verb 1》 strike a surface noisily to attract attention.     ↘strike or thump together or against something.     ↘(of a motor) make a thumping or rattling noise. 2》 collide forcefully with.     ↘force to move or fall with a blow or collision: he… …

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  • 18rattle — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. give out a rapid succession of short sharp hard sounds. b tr. make (a chair, window, crockery, etc.) do this. c intr. cause such sounds by shaking something (rattled at the door). 2 a intr. move with a rattling noise. b intr …

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  • 20Brown Bayley Steels — was a steel making company established in Sheffield,England in the 1871 , as Brown, Bayley Dixon. They occupied a site on Leeds Road which is currently occupied by the Don Valley sports stadium. The firm was founded by George Brown, Nephew of… …

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