muttering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: muttering	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for muttering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muttering n a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech Synonym(s): mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone Synonym(s): grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Wizards that peep, and that mutter. --Is. viii. 19. Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. --Dryden. 2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise. Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. --Pope.