The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of making, or condition of being, cluttered. 2 A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering. 3 An instance of cluttered speech. vb. (present participle of clutter English)
Wikipedia
Cluttering may refer to the following:
- Cluttering, the speech disorder that sounds like stuttering
- Cluttered speech, which is disorganized, hurried speech, which sounds like the speech of someone with the disorder but occurs in people without speech problems
- Stuttering, a speech disorder that sounds like cluttering, and a common word for cluttered speech.
- Cluttering (organization), which means filling your personal space with tat or clutter.
Usage examples of "cluttering".
He sensed something mind less about that cluttering, something that made the skin crawl on the back of his dragon-neck, instinc tively.
But as they stood, the cluttering grew slowly louder and closer-and there was no awakening from a nightmare.
But in that second of weakness the effect of the cluttering had gained ground.
Jim also stopped and they stared at each other across the fire while the sound of the cluttering soared in volume all around them, lifting triumphantly into the night.
The cluttering was rising to a crescendo and Jim felt the ability to think slipping from him.
Then it reared up and from its throat came a sick-sounding chuckle that was a deep-toned version of the same cluttering the three intruders here had heard earlier.
Was it a fair match, Aragh on three legs, for all the wolf's indifference to their cluttering, against the horde of small sandmirks that remained alive?
Beauty erupted into the air above Menolly's head, cluttering in echoed distress.
They flew up from their perches on and about Ruth and did wild sky-dances, cluttering and bugling in dismay.
Half the fire-lizards of the Hold exploded into the air about them, giving raucous greetings and spurts of cluttering complaint about the snow.
Then the images Ruth obtained from the cluttering bugling fire-lizards dissolved into chaos-as if each separate fire-lizard had followed one person and each was trying to give Ruth his individual image rather than a group view of the landing and ensuing events.
She was swiftly followed by the others, all cluttering nervously and with many anxious dartings to the entrance to see if Ramoth was about Although Menolly had not had far to walk on the sands, the heat had quickly penetrated the soles of her slippers.
Dor inquired, mainly to keep the spider cluttering so he would know where he was.
Did you think we'd leave something like that cluttering up this nice clean ship?
Mirrim grabbed her arm, trying to make her sit down, and there seemed to be more fire lizards than Menolly could claim circling over her head and cluttering wildly.