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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. t.
To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice;
as to mutter threats. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutter \Mut"ter\, n.
Repressed or obscure utterance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Muttered}; p. pr & vb
n. {Muttering}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf L. muttire
mutire.]
1. 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.
Wizards that peep, and that mutter. --Is. viii.
19.
Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And
mutter to himself. --Dryden.
2. To sound with a low rumbling noise.
Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.
--Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mutter
n 1: a low continuous indistinct sound [syn: {muttering}, {murmur},
{murmuring}, {murmuration}]
2: a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: {grumble},
{grumbling}, {murmur}, {murmuring}, {muttering}]
v 1: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice [syn: {mumble}, {maffle},
{maunder}, {mussitate}]
2: complain quietly [syn: {murmur}, {grumble}, {croak}, {gnarl}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
mutter vt To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears,
eyes, or fingers of ordinary mortals. Often used in `mutter an
{incantation}'. See also {wizard}.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
mutter
To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes, or
fingers of ordinary mortals. Often used in "mutter an
{incantation}".
See also {wizard}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-02-06)
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