clutter

¹clut·ter

verb \ˈklə-tər\

Definition of CLUTTER

intransitive verb

chiefly dialect

: to run in disorder

transitive verb

: to fill or cover with scattered or disordered things that impede movement or reduce effectiveness <a room cluttered with toys> —often used with up

Examples of CLUTTER

1. The garage was cluttered with tools.
2. Try to avoid cluttering your desk with books and papers.

Origin of CLUTTER

Middle English clotteren to clot, from clot

First Known Use: 1556

Rhymes with CLUTTER

butter, cutter, flutter, gutter, mutter, nutter, putter, scutter, shutter, splutter, sputter, strutter, stutter, utter