[syn: clutter, clutter up]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clutter \Clut"ter\, n. [Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to
heap.]
1. A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the
room is in a clutter.
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He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown
pots, pans, and spits. --L'Estrange.
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2. Clatter; confused noise. --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clutter \Clut"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cluttered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cluttering.]
To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things
in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to
clutter a room.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clutter \Clut"ter\, v. i.
To make a confused noise; to bustle.
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It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there.
--Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clutter \Clut"ter\, v. t. [From Clod, n.]
To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] --Holland.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clutter
n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble,
muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]
2: unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of
signals on a radar screen
v 1: fill a space in a disorderly way [syn: clutter, clutter
up] [ant: clear, unclutter]