7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
noun a confused multitude of things
noun unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
verb fill a space in a disorderly way
originFrom Middle English cloteren (“to form clots; coagulate; heap on”), from clot (“clot”), equivalent to clot + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare Welsh cludair (“heap, pile”), cludeirio (“to heap”).
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