noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of making, or condition of being, cluttered. countable, uncountable

   "The clutterings of French-inspired modernism gave way to the single-purpose intensity of a new indigenous outlook on life."

2. 2
   A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   An instance of cluttered speech. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of clutter form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

a mass ofa world ofaboundabound withaddarmy

Example

More examples

"I'm tired of my husband's trash cluttering up my car."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.