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mut·ter
I. \ˈməd.ə(r), -ətə-\ verb
(muttered ; muttered ; muttering \-əd.əriŋ, -ətər-, -ə.tr-\ ; mutters)
Etymology: Middle English muteren; akin to Norwegian dialect mutra to mutter, Old High German mutilōn to murmer, Old Norse muthla, Latin muttire to mutter, mutus mute — more at mute
intransitive verb
1. : to utter indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed
< mutters just before dying >
2. : to murmur complainingly or angrily : grumble, growl
< a muttering group of workers >
3. : to make a low rumbling sound : murmur continuously or rumblingly
< forest noises muttering >
transitive verb
1. : to utter especially in a low or imperfectly articulated manner
< mutter an answer >
2. : to sound reverberatingly
< a fog horn muttering danger >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a subdued scarcely audible utterance
< the mutter of an audience >
2. : a low continuous sound
< the mutter of surf > |