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clutter

[kluht-er]

verb (used with object)

  1. to fill or litter with things in a disorderly manner.

    All kinds of papers cluttered the top of his desk.



verb (used without object)

  1. British Dialect.to run in disorder; move with bustle and confusion.

  2. British Dialect.to make a clatter.

  3. to speak so rapidly and inexactly that distortions of sound and phrasing result.

noun

  1. a disorderly heap or assemblage; litter.

    It's impossible to find anything in all this clutter.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. a state or condition of confusion.

  3. confused noise; clatter.

  4. an echo or echoes on a radar screen that do not come from the target and can be caused by such factors as atmospheric conditions, objects other than the target, chaff, and jamming of the radar signal.

clutter

/ ˈʌə /

verb

  1. to strew or amass (objects) in a disorderly manner

  2. (intr) to move about in a bustling manner

  3. (intr) to chatter or babble

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a disordered heap or mass of objects

  2. a state of disorder

  3. unwanted echoes that confuse the observation of signals on a radar screen

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • overclutter verb (used with object)
  • unclutter verb (used with object)
  • uncluttered adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of clutter1

1550–60; variant of clotter (now obsolete), equivalent to clot + -er 6
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of clutter1

C15 clotter, from clotteren to clot
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But one night, in Edinburgh's cluttered and narrow Captain's Bar, a friend encouraged Jacob to play an original song they'd written for their younger sister, Stella.

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“Curtains help the rooms not feel too cluttered and crazy,” said Dazey.

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Asked whether he took care not to clutter the arrangements at the expense of Fender’s singing, Granduciel scoffed.

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In 2008, The 51Թ magazine coined the phrase "indie landfill" to describe a seemingly endless parade of identikit bloke-bands cluttering the airwaves.

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And just like those cases, such an overstuffed film would not work without the right star to reduce the cinematic clutter.

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