'Muttering' definitions:

Definition of 'muttering'

From: WordNet
noun
A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech [syn: mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation]
noun
A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering]

Definition of 'Muttering'

From: GCIDE
  • Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Muttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Muttering.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. muttire, mutire.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Wizards that peep, and that mutter. --Is. viii. 19. [1913 Webster]
  • Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise. [1913 Webster]
  • Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

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