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verb

Mutter v. t. To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats.

Mutter v. i. (past & past part. muttered; pres. part. muttering)

To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl. "Wizards that peep, and that mutter." "Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself."

To sound with a low, rumbling noise. "Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls."

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Etymology of 'Muttering'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Muttering" Quotes from Famous Books

... went out, but as we passed them I saw the doctors muttering together, for they were ill-pleased and foreboded evil. Also they were jealous of me, and wished to smite me through the heart of him ...

— Nada the Lily • H. Rider Haggard

... was as solid standing there as this," he tapped lightly with his knuckles the wall beside his chair. "It was as though I had heard it all, seen it all, gone through it all twenty times already. I wasn't afraid of them. I drew back my fist and he stopped short, muttering— ...

— Lord Jim • Joseph Conrad

... shook hands with Jack, muttering a word or two in broken English, expressive of his pleasure over ...

— Footprints in the Forest • Edward Sylvester Ellis

... away muttering something about the poor always remaining poor with their foolish notions of throwing away money; and Margaret MacLean went back to the book of faery-tales. But as she was looking for the place Sandy ...

— The Primrose Ring • Ruth Sawyer

... tucked into a closed taxicab, half-heartedly muttering expostulations and protests to which I paid not the least heed. During my strolls I had observed in what would have been Regent Street at home a rather good-class shop with an English name, and to this I now proceeded with my charge. I am afraid ...

— Ruggles of Red Gap • Harry Leon Wilson

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