clutter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a confused multitude of things
    welter; muddle; smother; mare's nest; fuddle; jumble.
  2. noun unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
  3. verb fill a space in a disorderly way
    clutter up.

WordNet

Clut"ter noun
Etymology
Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to heap.
Definitions
  1. A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter.
    He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits. L'Estrange.
  2. Clatter; confused noise. Swift.
Clut"ter transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cluttered ; present participle & verbal noun Cluttering
Definitions
  1. To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.
Clut"ter intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make a confused noise; to bustle.
    It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. Tennyson.
Clut"ter transitive verb
Etymology
From Clod, n.
Definitions
  1. To clot or coagulate, as blood. Obs. Holland.

Webster 1913