Chunter vs Shunter - What's the difference?
chunter | shunter |
(British, dialect) To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
* 2003 , J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , page 349:
(British, dialect) To grumble, complain.
* 1921 [1999], David Herbert Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia (Penguins Classics),
(rail transport, British) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher
(rail transport, British) A person who carries out shunting operations
As a verb chunter
is (british|dialect) to speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.As a noun shunter is
(rail transport|british) a railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher.chunter
English
Verb
(en verb)- Ron continued to chunter under his breath all the way down the street.
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)