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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To speak indistinctly in low tones.
  2. v. To complain or grumble morosely.
  3. v. To utter or say in low indistinct tones.
  4. n. A low grumble or indistinct utterance.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To utter words in a low tone and with compressed lips, as in complaint or sullenness; murmur; grumble.
  2. To emit a low rumbling sound.
  3. To utter with imperfect articulation, or in a low murmuring tone.
  4. n. A murmur or murmuring; sullen or veiled utterance.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
  2. n. peas
  3. v. To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
  4. v. To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
  5. v. To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl.
  2. v. To sound with a low, rumbling noise.
  3. v. To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice.
  4. n. Repressed or obscure utterance.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
  2. n. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
  3. n. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
  4. v. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

Etymologies

  1. Middle English muttren, possibly from Latin muttīre. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I don't think that what "W" has to mutter is worth much.”

    Bush on Obama: 'This guy has no clue'

  • “How can I parse this strange Arcadian Death, in mutter of oath, in rhyme of breath?”

    The Lucifer Cantos 2/13

  • “Can't remember, I'll have to check on that ... damn seive brain ... mutter mutter mutter ...”

    we're number two

  • “If the author didn't know what a stainless gentleman Mr. Red House is he would think he heard him mutter a word that gentlemen wouldn't say.”

    New Treasure Seekers

  • “Even aloo mutter, which is made out of fresh peas, potatoes and tomatoes, is being dished out with dried green peas, fewer potatoes and practically no tomatoes.”

    Daily News & Analysis

  • “Brook claims he meant to call Witkowski a "mutter," a somewhat less derogatory term.”

    The Huffington Post: Auto-Corrected Text Leads To Murder

  • “But they all allow that Sutter had begun a kind of mutter, when uprose Mr. Cutter with a sickening kind of ease,”

    Complete Poetical Works

  • “The hard mutter which is the subject of the next extract embodies a difficulty that has perplexed many.”

    Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley

  • “Brook, 33, told police he sent 27-year-old Witkowski a joking text message containing the word "mutter," a local colloquialism for a person who behaves in an antisocial or vulgar manner.”

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories

  • “Herbeck read the letter in part to the chief, who jotted down the words, repeating aloud in a kind of mutter: "A mountaineer, a vintner, a carter, a butcher, and a baker.”

    The Goose Girl

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synonyms (5)

Words with the same meaning

  1. grumble
  1. growl
  1. mumble
  1. murmur
  1. mumblement

hypernyms (14)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. mouth
  2. verbalise
  1. speak
  2. verbalize
  1. utter
  2. talk
  1. sound
  2. complaint
  1. sound off
  2. kick
  1. quetch
  2. complain
  1. plain
  2. kvetch

same context (8)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. mutterings
  1. grunt
  1. growl
  1. mumble
  1. glower
  1. rustlings
  1. insufflation
  1. grimace

rhymes (16)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Nutter
  2. Sutter
  3. aflutter
  1. butter
  2. clutter
  3. cutter
  1. flutter
  2. gutter
  3. hutter
  1. nutter
  2. putter
  3. rutter
  1. shutter
  2. sputter
  3. stutter
  1. utter

reverse dictionary (21)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. motere
  2. maund
  3. maunder
  4. mammer
  1. mussitate
  2. grumble
  3. chowter
  4. throat
  1. whittie-whattie
  2. muffle
  3. chanter
  4. chunter
  1. crool
  2. dwale
  3. humph
  4. grump
  1. croak
  2. murmur
  3. mumble
  4. patter
  1. mump

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  • Kristianto2010 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Luke 15:1-2.


    Jun 29, 2011

  • reesetee Perhaps you both would enjoy visiting here. ;-> Apr 2, 2008

  • bilby Whassat? Apr 2, 2008

  • plethora I have a background in Mutter too, bilby. I attempt to control it, though. Apr 2, 2008

  • bilby I like the first WordNET definition. This is my brother's native language. He grew up speaking Mutter. He flirted with Japanese but he still speaks only Mutter. Rumours abound that he once fully pronounced an entire phrase but my brother denies it. Well, that's what I think he said. It's his Mutter tongue after all. Apr 1, 2008

  • plethora I always read this word wrong when I see it English, because I see it much more commonly in German. Apr 1, 2008

  • sonofgroucho Excellent word. Apr 1, 2008

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