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verb. say low and inarticulately

noun. low, continuous sound

verb. make low, continuous sound

verb. grumble

thunder
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verb. talk

noun. suggestion, whisper

verb. say, reveal

noun. expression, language

noun. rumor; information expressed in soft voice

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Word Origin & History

mutter late 14c., from a common PIE imitative *mut- "to grunt, mutter" (cf. O.N. muðla "to murmur," L. muttire "to mutter"), with freq. suffix -er. Related: Muttered; muttering.

Example Sentences for mutter

Later you will mutter many words into your pillow, but those words will never come back to haunt you.

All of them were dumbfounded and couldn't mutter much of a response.

So much for green technology creating employment, mutter carmakers.

The chime of a high-priority email cut across the mutter of the television.