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Chunter

[chuhn-ter]

verb (used without object) British Informal.

to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.

Origin:
1590–1600; orig. dial. (Midlands, N England) chunter, chunder, chunner; compare Scots channer in same sense; expressive word of obscure origin

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chunter or chunner (ˈtʃʌntə, ˈtʃʌnə)

—vb (often foll by on)
	informal (Brit) to mutter or grumble incessantly in a meaningless fashion

[C16: probably of imitative origin]

chunner or chunner

—vb

[C16: probably of imitative origin]

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