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Mut·ter v. i. [imp. & p. p. Muttered p. pr. & vb. n. Muttering.]
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.
muttering
adj : speaking low and indistinctly; "a mumbling parson stood
beside the dying man"; "muttering crowds of onlookers"
[syn: mumbling]
n 1: a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by
movement of the lips without the production of
articulate speech [syn: mutter, murmur, murmuring,
murmuration, mussitation]
2: a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: grumble,
grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter]