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Mutter
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
"The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter."
- 2 Peas.
- 3 a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone wordnet
- 4 a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech wordnet
- 1 To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath. intransitive, transitive
"You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria."
- 2 make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath wordnet
- 3 To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
"The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over."
- 4 talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice wordnet
- 5 To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
"April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway."
Etymology
From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin. Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre.
From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin. Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre.
From Hindi मटर (maṭar).
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