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Chuttered vs Chuntered - What's the difference?

chuttered | chuntered |

As verbs the difference between chuttered and chuntered

is that chuttered is (chutter) while chuntered is (chunter).

chuttered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (chutter)

    • chutter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alarm call used by vervets to warn of the presence of a snake.
  • * 1985 , Alison Jolly, The Evolution of Primate Behavior (page 75)
    • Vervet monkeys have several different sorts of call, including "leopard alarm barks," "eagle rraups'," and "snake ' chutters " (Struhsaker, 1967).
  • * 1995 , Stanis?aw Puppel, The Biology of Language (page 3)
    • The vervet's main claim to fame, however, lies in its alarm calls, in which it distinguishes between different types of predator: a chutter warns of the presence of a snake; a rraup is uttered when an eagle is spotted; a chirp is used for lions

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make an alarm call of this kind.

    • chuntered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chunter)

    • chunter

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British, dialect) To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
  • * 2003 , J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , page 349:
    • Ron continued to chunter under his breath all the way down the street.
  • (British, dialect) To grumble, complain.
  • * 1921 [1999], David Herbert Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia (Penguins Classics), page 74:
    • “Since she had another seat and was quite comfortable, we smiled and let her chunter .”

    References

    * “D. H. Lawrence gave a new lease on life to the verb to chunter'', ‘to mutter, complain’, labelled “''Obs.'' exc. ''dial''”, when he used it in ''Sea and Sardinia'' (1921)’,” ''Languages in Contact and Contrast: Essays in Contact Linguistics , by Vladimir Ivir, Damir Kalogjera, page 411 ( b.g.c link)