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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.
- 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
/ ˈklʌtə /
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 Words From
- over·clutter verb (used with object)
- un·clutter verb (used with object)
- un·cluttered adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of clutter1
Example Sentences
For the star duo of LeBron James and Austin Reaves, things were a little less cluttered Thursday night as the pair took turns dragging the Lakers to a much-needed win after awful back-to-back losses.
The visible clutter sets off a contagious, slightly embarrassed giggle, which she muffles with her hands.
They find common ground, ousting old clutter in the process.
His job is to sift through the many foreign words that clutter everyday speech and bring them to the committee — called the “new language group” — to be translated into Korean.
One image shows a cluttered living room, which police believe Rudakubana had been using as his bedroom.
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