mutter English
Noun
( en noun)
A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
- The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter .
(in Indian restaurants) peas
Derived terms
* mutter paneer
Verb
( en verb)
To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
- You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.
- The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.
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To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
- The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
* Dryden
- Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, / And mutter to himself.
To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
- April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.
* Alexander Pope
- Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.
Synonyms
* ( sense, speak under one's breath) growl, grumble, mumble
* ( speak incoherently) babble, mumble, murmur, ramble, stutter
* ( make a low sound) growl, putter, rumble
* See also
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nutter English
Noun
( en noun)
A person who gathers nuts.
(informal) An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.
A person who is obsessed with something.
Synonyms
* loony, nut, nutcase
Related terms
* nut
* nutbag
* nutty
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