Clutter

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A confused disordered jumble of things.
   uncountable
3. Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
   uncountable
4. Clatter; confused noise.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. A Sperner family.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He saw⟳ what a Clutter there was with Huge, Over-grown Pots, Pans, and Spits.”

“Earless ghost swift moths become⟳ “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close⟳ (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.”

“Organizing ghost stories is like⟳ herding a clutter of cats: the phenomenon resists organization and classification.”

“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”

“It was then you might have⟳ heard a clutter: pots, pans and pitchers, mugs, jugs and jordens, all put⟳ themselves in motion at once[…]”

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