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clutter
[ kluht-er ]
verb (used with object)
- to fill or litter with things in a disorderly manner:
All kinds of papers cluttered the top of his desk.
verb (used without object)
- British Dialect. to run in disorder; move with bustle and confusion.
- British Dialect. to make a clatter.
- to speak so rapidly and inexactly that distortions of sound and phrasing result.
noun
- a disorderly heap or assemblage; litter:
It's impossible to find anything in all this clutter.
Synonyms: , ,
- a state or condition of confusion.
- confused noise; clatter.
- 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
- usually troften foll byup to strew or amass (objects) in a disorderly manner
- intr to move about in a bustling manner
- intr to chatter or babble
noun
- a disordered heap or mass of objects
- a state of disorder
- unwanted echoes that confuse the observation of signals on a radar screen
Other Word Forms
- v·ܳt verb (used with object)
- ܲ·ܳt verb (used with object)
- ܲ·ܳted adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of clutter1
Example Sentences
The Sheriff files include details of the police investigation along with photos of the couple's cluttered house in New Mexico, and bodycam footage.
As climate change intensifies and new launches clutter our planet’s orbit, we’re almost certainly going to see more debris crash back to Earth.
The separation of the ninth and first fairways is less cluttered.
Charles used a chunk of his money to travel the world and settled down with souvenir magnets cluttering every inch of his fridge.
The new songs are forgettable and the animation is cluttered with every pixel competing to show off.
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