cluster

Noun

1. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
2. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
3. (physical) A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
4. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
5. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
6. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
7. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
8. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
9. (US) A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
10. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
11. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
12. A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
13. A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
14. (euphemistic, form-of, slang) Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).

Verb

1. (transitive) To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).
2. (transitive) To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
3. (intransitive) To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.

clusterfuck

• Noun
• Verb

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklʌstə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cluster

Inherited from Old English: cluster

Cognate with Dutch: klister

Cognate with Icelandic: klasi

Cognate with Low German: Kluuster

Cognate with Swedish: kluster

In summary

The noun is derived from Middle English cluster (“bunch, cluster, spray; compact body or mass, ball”) [and other forms], from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klas-, *klus- (“to clump, lump together”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; to clench; to amass”)) + *-þrą (suffix forming nouns denoting an instrument or tool). The English word is probably a doublet of clot.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Dutch klister (“cluster”) (dialectal)
* Icelandic klasi (“cluster; bunch of grapes”)
* Low German Kluuster (“cluster”)
* Swedish kluster (“cluster”)

Synonyms

bunch

group

clump

crowd

mass

bundle

tuft

collection

flock

gather

lump

band

grow

team

swarm

company

gang

school

🏫

sheaf

spread

set

assemble

bank

🏦

aggregation

assembly

party

🥳

knot

🪢

bevy

clot

bunch up

string

🪢

clustering

collect

branch out

heap

patch

pile

bouquet

💐

raceme

heap up

herd

clod

gathering

assemblage

grouping

family

👪

drift

fascicle

battery

🔋

business cluster

Translations

grappe

groupe

Cluster

Gruppe

Haufen

Traube

racimo

bundel

grappolo

klaster

grupo

küme

Schwarm

faisceau

bande