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muttering |
2 definitions found 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]: muttering adj : speaking low and indistinctly; "a mumbling parson stood beside the dying man"; "muttering crowds of onlookers" [syn: {mumbling}] n 1: a low continuous indistinct sound [syn: {mutter}, {murmur}, {murmuring}, {murmuration}] 2: a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: {grumble}, {grumbling}, {murmur}, {murmuring}, {mutter}]
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