Definition of Muttering

1. Noun. A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech.

Exact synonyms: Murmur, Murmuration, Murmuring, Mussitation, Mutter
Generic synonyms: Sound
Derivative terms: Murmur, Murmurer, Murmurous, Murmur, Murmur, Mussitate, Mutter, Mutterer, Mutter

2. Noun. A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.
Exact synonyms: Grumble, Grumbling, Murmur, Murmuring, Mutter
Generic synonyms: Complaint
Derivative terms: Grumble, Grumble, Grumble, Murmur, Murmur, Mutter, Mutter

Definition of Muttering

1. Verb. (present participle of mutter) ¹

2. Noun. Something which is muttered ¹

3. Noun. A rumour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Muttering

1. mutter [v] - See also: mutter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muttering

mutis
mutisia
mutism
mutisms
muton
mutons
mutoscope
mutoscopes
muts
mutt
mutter
mutter paneer
muttered
mutterer
mutterers
muttering
mutteringly
mutterings
mutters
muttnik
muttniks
mutton-chop whiskers
mutton-fat keratic precipitates
mutton bird
mutton birds
mutton chop
mutton dressed as lamb
mutton flaps

Literary usage of Muttering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... had just sluiced over his shoulders; and a fourth private was muttering uneasily as he dozed open-mouthed in the glare of the great guard-lantern. ..."

2. The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1813)
"... a second time ; in muttering which, he plucked his pillow a little further from my mother's,—and turning about again, there was an end of the debate for ..."

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