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mutter(dictionary)

mutter (iou)



mutter verb. ME.
[from base repr. also by MUTE adjective: see -ER5. Cf. German dial. muttern.]
verb intrans. Speak in low and barely audible tones with the mouth nearly closed. ME.
J. Conrad Muttering cautiously with downcast eyes.
b. Speak covertly against, complain at, grumble. M16.
Defoe Our men muttered a little at this; but I pacified them.
c. transf. Make a low rumbling sound. L18.
D. H. Lawrence Thunder muttered in different places.
verb trans. Utter or say (a thing, that) indistinctly in a low tone; fig. express or say in secret, complain (that). LME.
mutter over recite (words) in low indistinct tones, mumble.
J. B. Priestley Mrs. Mounder..muttered something that nobody could catch. Times Politicians..began to mutter that the partnership was getting..too cosy.
mutterer noun M16.
muttering noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) something muttered; a rumour: E16.
mutteringly adverb in a muttering manner L17.