Sekirov Dictionary

clutter

UK /ˈklʌtə(ɹ)/US /ˈklʌtɚ/

noun 4
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 1

noun4

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A confused disordered jumble of things.
- He saw what a Clutter there was with Huge, Over-grown Pots, Pans, and Spits. — 1692
Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
A Sperner family.
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(no longer used) Clatter; confused noise.
- October 14 1718, John Arbuthnot, letter to Jonathan Swift I hardly heard a word of news or politicks, except a little clutter about sending some impertinent presidents du parliament to prison

verb4

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To fill something with clutter.
- That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters. — 2013
To utter words hurriedly, especially (but not exclusively) as a speech disorder (compare cluttering).
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To make a confused noise; to bustle.
- It [the goose] clutter'd here, it chuckled there; / It stirr'd the old wife's mettle: / She shifted in her elbow-chair, / And hurl'd the pan and kettle. — 1832
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(no longer used) To clot or coagulate, like blood.
- It battereth and cluttereth into knots and balls — 1601

forms

cluttered · cluttering · clutters

Phrases with clutter

clutter up
To fill with rubbish or with needless articles.

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