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mutterer

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mut⋅ter

  [muht-er]
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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.
–noun
5. the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
Origin:
1325–75; ME moteren, perh. freq. of moot 1 (OE mōtian to speak); see -er 6

Related forms:
mut⋅ter⋅er, noun
mut⋅ter⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See murmur.
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mut·ter   (mŭt'ər)   
v.   mut·tered, mut·ter·ing, mut·ters

v.   intr.

  1. To speak indistinctly in low tones.

  2. To complain or grumble morosely.

v.   tr.
To utter or say in low indistinct tones.
n.  A low grumble or indistinct utterance.

[Middle English muttren, possibly from Latin muttīre.]
mut'ter·er n.
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