ガタゴトがたごとMeanings1adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particlerattling; clatteringonomatopoeic or mimetic wordMimetic word for a rattling or clattering sound, often of loose parts or a vehicle moving roughly.古ふるい電でん車しゃがガタゴトと走はしっている。The old train is rattling along.風かぜで窓まどがガタゴトと揺ゆれた。The window rattled in the wind.