clutter
(noun) unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
(noun) a confused multitude of things
clutter, clutter up
(verb) fill a space in a disorderly way
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clutter (countable and uncountable, plural clutters)
(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.
(uncountable) Background echoes, from clouds etc, on a radar or sonar screen.
(countable) A group of cats; the collective noun for cats.
(obsolete) Clatter; confused noise.
clutter (third-person singular simple present clutters, present participle cluttering, simple past and past participle cluttered)
To fill something with clutter.
(obsolete, intransitive) To clot or coagulate, like blood.
To make a confused noise; to bustle.
To utter words hurriedly, especially (but not exclusively) as a speech disorder (compare cluttering).
Clutter (plural Clutters)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Clutter is the 10337th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3116 individuals. Clutter is most common among White (94.67%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Clut"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to heap.]
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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cluttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cluttering.]
Definition: 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, v. i.
Definition: To make a confused noise; to bustle. It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. Tennyson.
Clut"ter, v. t. Etym: [From Clod, n.]
Definition: To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
