clutter

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: jumblemuddlefuddlemare's nestweltersmotherclutter up

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a confused multitude of thingsSynonyms: jumblemuddlefuddlemare's nestweltersmother
  2. unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen

Verb (1)

  1. fill a space in a disorderly waySynonyms: clutter up
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits.— L'Estrange.[1913 Webster]

2.Clatter; confused noise. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]
Clutter \Clut"ter\, v. i. To make a confused noise; to bustle. [1913 Webster]

It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Clutter \Clut"ter\, v. t. [From Clod, n.] To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
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