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clutter^¹

/ˈklʌtə(ɹ)/ UK
/ˈklʌtɚ/ US
[ˈklʌɾɚ] US

Rhymes with -ʌtə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English cloteren (“to form clots; coagulate; heap on”), from clot (“clot”), equivalent to clot + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare Welsh cludair (“heap, pile”), cludeirio (“to heap”).

noun clutters

uncountable A confused disordered jumble of things. He saw what a Clutter there was with Huge, Over-grown Pots, Pans, and Spits.
uncountable Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
alternative, collective, countable Alternative form of clowder Organizing ghost stories is like herding a clutter of cats: the phenomenon resists organization and classification.
Similar: clowder, glaring
countable, obsolete, uncountable 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
countable, uncountable A Sperner family.

verb clutters · cluttering · cluttered

transitive 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.
intransitive, obsolete To clot or coagulate, like blood. It battereth and cluttereth into knots and balls
intransitive 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.
intransitive, transitive To utter words hurriedly, especially (but not exclusively) as a speech disorder (compare cluttering).

Clutter^²

proper noun Clutters

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: clutter up, muddle, welter, jumble, smother, junk, messy, turmoil, mayhem, unrest, mess, disarray, havoc, chaos, disorder, confusion

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noun a confused disordered jumble of things

Español	revoltijo, enredo, desbarajuste, atiborramiento, batiburrillo, revoltillo
中文	雜亂 /杂乱 záluàn
Português	bagunça, desordem
Français	bric-à-brac, bordel, encombrement
Deutsch	Unordnung, Wirrwarr, Durcheinander, Verwirrung
Italiano	confusione, disordine, scompiglio
Ελληνικά	αταξία ataxía, σύγχυση sýnchysi
Русский	беспоря́док besporjádok, кутерьма́ kuterʹmá

noun background echos

Русский	поме́хи poméxi

verb to fill something with clutter

Español	atestar, abarrotar, atiborrar, desordenar, desbarajustar
中文	亂堆 /乱堆 luànduī
Français	encombrer
Deutsch	anhäufen, überhäufen, überladen, verwirren
Русский	захламля́ть zaxlamljátʹ, загроможда́ть zagromoždátʹ

verb to utter words hurriedly, especially as a speech disorder

Deutsch	poltern

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@misc{clutter_2026,
  title = {clutter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clutter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}