clutter

clutter
    n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: {clutter}, {jumble},
         {muddle}, {fuddle}, {mare's nest}, {welter}, {smother}]
    2: unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of
       signals on a radar screen
    v 1: fill a space in a disorderly way [syn: {clutter}, {clutter
         up}] [ant: {clear}, {unclutter}]
    

Clutter \Clut"ter\, n. [Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to
   heap.]
   1. A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the
      room is in a clutter.
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            He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown
            pots, pans, and spits.                --L'Estrange.
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   2. Clatter; confused noise. --Swift.
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Clutter \Clut"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cluttered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Cluttering}.]
   To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things
   in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to
   clutter a room.
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Clutter \Clut"ter\, v. i.
   To make a confused noise; to bustle.
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         It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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Clutter \Clut"ter\, v. t. [From {Clod}, n.]
   To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] --Holland.
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108 Moby Thesaurus words for "clutter":
      a mass of, a world of, abound with, army, arsy-varsiness, ataxia,
      atmospheric attenuation, be alive with, bevy, blind spots,
      bristle with, bunch, burst with, chaos, cloud, confusion, covey,
      crawl with, creep with, crowd, deflection, derange, disarrange,
      disarray, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, false echoes,
      farrago, flight, flock, flocks, gallimaufry, ground clutter, hail,
      hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hive, hodgepodge, host,
      huddle, hugger-mugger, hysteron proteron, jam, jumble, jungle,
      large amount, legion, litter, lots, macedoine, many, mash,
      masses of, medley, melange, mess, mess up, misarrange, mishmash,
      mob, muchness, muddle, multiply, multitude, muss, muss up, nest,
      numbers, olla podrida, overflow with, pack, plurality,
      pullulate with, quantities, quite a few, refraction, rout, ruck,
      ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter, scores, scramble, sea clutter,
      shoal, shuffle, snarl, strew, superrefraction, swarm, swarm with,
      tangle, teem with, throng, throng with, tidy sum, topsy-turviness,
      topsy-turvydom, tousle, tumble, turmoil, unholy mess, welter,
      worlds of