Clatter

n.

Heard in Waterford, Kilkenny, Westmeath, Dublin, Tipperary, Cork and Galway

A slap or blow, often to the head or face.

If you don't leave me alone I'll clatter the face off ya!

Posh English

If you do not desist at once I shall deliver a resounding slap across your countenance!

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Westmeath
• Dublin
• Tipperary
• Cork
• Galway

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