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verb (used without object)
1.
to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
2.
to complain murmuringly; grumble.
3.
to make a low, rumbling sound.
verb (used with object)
4.
to utter indistinctly or in a low tone: to mutter complaints.
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Muttered
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noun
5.
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
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Example Sentences
- When they were led into court, one person in the packed but stone-silent courtroom muttered a vulgarity.
- As several deliveries drifted harmlessly down the leg-side, the crowd muttered its disapproval.
- Of course, people forget what the dealer muttered as he handed over the keys.
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Word Origin & History
mutter
late 14c., from a common PIE imitative *mut- "to grunt, mutter" (cf. O.N. muðla "to murmur," L. muttire "to mutter"), with freq. suffix -er. Related: Muttered; muttering.
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