channerv.
/ˈtʃanə/, U.S. /ˈtʃænər/, Scottish English /ˈtʃanər/, Irish English /ˈtʃænər/ Scottish and Irish English (northern).
intransitive. To grumble, complain; to chide, scold, nag; to mutter, murmur. Later also (frequently of a bird): to chatter. Also with on. Cf. chunter v., jaunder v.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > chirp or twitter
chirmOE
chattera1250
janglea1300
jargon?a1366
chirkc1386
chirtc1386
chitterc1386
twittera1387
chirpc1440
yipc1440
channerc1480
quitter1513
chirrup1579
chipper1593
pip1598
gingreate1623
chita1639
sweet1677
shatter17..
swee-swee1839
weet-weet1845
cheet1855
tweet1856
twiddle1863
weet1866
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > scold
scold1377
chide1393
channerc1480
ratea1529
chowre1567
flite1568
to scold it outa1592
to speak or look daggers1603
snub1694
to read the Riot Act1784
row1843
rouse1896
roust1901
to bust (a person's) balls1946
to bust on1961
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]
murkeOE
misspeakOE
yomer971
chidea1000
murkenOE
grutch?c1225
mean?a1300
hum13..
plainta1325
gruntc1325
plainc1325
musea1382
murmurc1390
complain1393
contrary1393
flitec1400
pinea1425
grummec1430
aggrudge1440
hoinec1440
mutterc1450
grudge1461
channerc1480
grunch1487
repine1529
storm?1553
expostulate1561
grumblea1586
gruntle1591
chunter1599
swagger1599
maunder1622
orp1634
objurgate1642
pitter1672
yelp1706
yammer1794
natter1804
murgeon1808
groan1816
squawk1875
jower1879
grouse1887
beef1888
to whip the cat1892
holler1904
yip1907
peeve1912
grouch1916
nark1916
to sound off1918
create1919
moana1922
crib1925
tick1925
bitch1930
gripe1932
bind1942
drip1942
kvetchc1950
to rag on1979
wrinch2011
c1480 (a1400) St. Agatha l. 123 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 361 Quhy channeris þu my gret god agane now?
a1500 Bernardus de Cura (1870) 159 Of ewyl women..the sorow..Quhen that thai chide and channer.
a1779 D. Graham Coll. Writings (1883) II. 154 Tak your chance, and if cheated, channer not on me.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 235 Aye chaunerin an' daunerin' In eager search for cole.
1848 Blackwood's Mag. July 98/2 The gray falcon..rose channering out of the rifts.
1901 Northern Whig (Belfast) in Sc. National Dict. (1941) II. (at cited word) The wife has been channerin' at me for three months to write to you.
1914 S. R. Crockett Silver Sand xiv. 109 Thrushes and their cousins the blackbirds..were already channering and squabbling in the crotches of the underbrush.
1987 A. Blair Sc. Tales (1990) 107 The generations who were less wholly occupied in establishing crops and ferry had time to chawner and argue about who was now the head and senior member of the family.
2009 Daily Rec. (Scotl.) (Nexis) 2 July 25 Andrew Castle, Tim Henman and John McEnroe were channering on like hairdressers during the Murray v Viktor Troicki match at Wimbers.
Derivatives
ˈchannering adj. now rare that channers; muttering, chattering; chiding.
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1786 Fun upon Fun I. 6 Now, my dear, the auld channering ghaist is awa'.
1802 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border II. 114 The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin' worm doth chide.
1877 G. MacDonald Marquis of Lossie II. xix. 190 He would for ever be haunted with the channering question whether she would have accepted him as a groom?
1986 D. Stephen Alba 20 They kept steady, tireless pace, splashing through a channering freshet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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