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Meaning of “mutter” in the English Dictionary

"mutter" in English

mutter verb [ I or T ]

B2 to speak quietly and in a low voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are worried or complaining about something:

• One guest at the crowdedreception was heard to mutter "It's like the Black Hole of Calcutta in here."
• She was muttering curses as she fumbled for the lightswitch.
• 'I didn't know it would be this expensive,' he muttered.

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"mutter" in American English

mutter verb [ I/T ]

› to speak quietly and in a voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are anxious or complaining about something:

mırıldanmak, homurdanmak, alçak sesle yakınmak/dertlenmek…

hablar entre dientes, murmurar, refunfuñar…

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Definition of mutter in English:

1 reporting verb Say something in a low or barely audible voice, especially in dissatisfaction or irritation.

• ‘She replied so quietly that he could barely hear her voice muttering her name.’
• ‘The big woman knelt down and gathered up Rose's books, muttering apologies in a deep, quiet voice.’
• ‘He could barely mutter back a response to any of my statements.’
• ‘‘There is something you could do,’ Abe mutters in a low voice.’
• ‘He managed to nudge his partner, and together they rose, muttering in tones of voice too low and quiet for her to hear.’
• ‘However, as soon as we heard Rosemary's voice I heard Danielle mutter a little ‘uh-oh.’’
• ‘‘Whatever,’ I mutter irritably, not bothering to hide my disapproval.’
• ‘A few turned to stare as she stood there, green eyes blinking curiously, voices muttering.’
• ‘He was heard muttering in a barely audible voice.’
• ‘He found his voice and managed to mutter her name.’
• ‘Sometimes I'd hear a melodic fragment or a texture, or it might sound like voices muttering in an unintelligible language.’
• ‘‘No,’ she mutters, her voice coming from directly over me.’
• ‘He had barely muttered his problems, but the old lady had a keen sense of hearing.’
• ‘As he leaves, he mutters something that was barely heard.’
• ‘The chef mutters something about being in shock.’
• ‘I follow sullenly, muttering something barely coherent, concerning lies and unfairness.’
• ‘The lights were still on at my house and I walked in, barely muttering a goodnight to him.’
• ‘‘Finally they get what they deserve,’ I heard a voice behind me mutter.’
• ‘Alan barely had time to mutter a quick ‘Night’, before Jason was gone, leaving Alan more confused than ever.’
• ‘Without even having to strain his ears, he could overhear the girl muttering to herself in annoyance.’

1. 1.1 no object Talk or grumble in secret or in private.

• ‘The swordsmen began to mutter to each other, hoping their superiors wouldn't hear their complaints; they were bored too, but at least they weren't caged up.’
• ‘So he said no, privately muttering that his team shouldn't have to compromise to make up for the mistakes of others.’
• ‘When she motioned me over the kids began whispering, muttering that I must have been shoplifting or something.’
• ‘They began muttering, and he heard a chair scrape across the floor, followed quickly by three more.’
• ‘By 11, his colleagues had not arrived and several people began muttering over their absence.’
• ‘His friend began muttering in German and what I possibly believe is that they were talking about me.’
• ‘Still, it was easier to mutter in private and unsettle his wife with threats of going public than actually doing anything.’
• ‘The men around him began to mutter worriedly - their morale was starting to decay.’
• ‘The people were beginning to mutter about the Empress' German origins.’
• ‘More cynical Ukrainians have already begun to mutter that all politicians are the same in the end.’
• ‘People began muttering under their breath as the moments went by and no one saw any danger.’
• ‘Democrats mutter about the president's secret plan to transform homeland security into a flag-draped campaign issue.’
• ‘The other Freelancers had all been watching avidly at this point, and all began to mutter to themselves.’
• ‘Passengers' eyes divert to Lauren and they begin to mutter incoherently about her.’
• ‘The four friends and the men begin muttering, then asking us loudly why only she got the money, then arguing with her.’

A barely audible utterance, especially one expressing dissatisfaction or irritation.

• ‘An irritable mutter rippled about the round table.’
• ‘I heard both murmurs of approval and mutters of discontent.’
• ‘‘Lewis,’ he said in a mutter, barely acknowledging my presence.’
• ‘He spoke, his words rising over the mutters and squeals of the living victims.’
• ‘Not a sound, not a mutter, not a murmur, not a syllable has passed through its member's lips, and those lips are being paid $100,000 a year for doing zilch - nothing.’
• ‘There is not a word, a syllable, a mutter or a sound now.’
• ‘I threw the rag down with a soft mutter of disgust, cradling my chin in my trembling hands, my breath coming in short, unhealthy spurts.’
• ‘I cannot hear a syllable or a sound, a mutter or a murmur.’
• ‘And as usual there are mutters about making an American version.’
• ‘The guy put his head down and stormed on, his vicious racist rantings now dimmed to a mutter, his hate-filled words completely stripped of any power.’
• ‘With this knowledge in hand, I happily settled back on the bed as he drunkenly muttered his hypnotising mutters.’
• ‘‘I got a room at the hotel,’ she said in a mutter, her words slurred.’
• ‘With a mutter or two the chap retreated into a sulk and decided to get on with his reading material.’
• ‘I struggled down to pick them up, to a growing mutter of impatience from the people in the queue behind me.’
• ‘‘Hey you didn't have to watch,’ I tried to snap at him, but my words only came out as a mutter.’
• ‘At almost every other street, someone in the car mutters, ‘This used to be a good block.’’
• ‘But Woking, I'm sorry to say, seems to have accepted this slight without even the mildest mutter of protest.’
• ‘‘I'm an entertainer,’ he says, self-effacingly in a low mutter.’
• ‘A few mutters of agreements and echoes of his words followed the leader's voiced remark.’
• ‘It is a disgrace, and we will not - unlike other parties - sit here mute, without a syllable, a sound, a mutter, or a murmur, and put up with it.’

Late Middle English: imitative; compare with German dialect muttern.

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( Muttertag(e)s, Muttertage ) Substantiv (m) zweiter Sonntag im Mai, an dem Familien die Mutter beschenken und verwöhnen

Die Kinder haben zum Muttertag einen Blumenstrauß gepflückt.

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mutter

1. When you complain quietly under your breath, this is an example of a time when you mutter.
2. When you spread a rumor about someone, this is an example of a time when you mutter about the person.

1. to speak in low, indistinct tones without much movement of the lips, as in complaining or in speaking to oneself
2. to complain or grumble
3. to make a low, rumbling, threatening sound, as thunder

Origin of mutter

Middle English moteren, akin to German muttern, ultimately from Indo-European echoic base an unverified form mu- (see mope) from source Classical Latin muttire

1. the act of muttering
2. something muttered; esp., a complaint or grumble

intransitive

1. To speak indistinctly in low tones.
2. To complain or grumble morosely.

Origin of mutter

Middle English muttren possibly from Latin muttīre

1. A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering. The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
2. (in Indian restaurants) peas

(third-person singular simple present mutters, present participle muttering, simple past and past participle muttered)

1. To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath. You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.
2. To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations. The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
3. To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise. April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.

Sentence Examples

• She cursed, her mutter fading away as she tested her body.
• Puer is boy in Latin, and Mutter is mother in German.
• Larrey, Madame Mere (2 vols., Paris, 1892); Clara Tschudi, Napoleons Mutter: aus dem Norwegischen iibersetzt von H.
• For ladies there are the Order of Sidonia, 1870, in memory of the wife of Albert the Bold, the mother (Stamm-Mutter) of the Albertine line; and the Maria Anna Order, 1906.
• Muller, Schillers Mutter (1894); by the same, Schillers Jugenddichtung and Jugendleben (1896); A.

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• 1) The work of murmuring, mumbling or perhaps verbalising an individual's message at indistinct degrees of volume (often when moaning silently, or "speaking under an individual's breath").2) The German word for "mother" (see Mutti)3) An album released by Rammstein in 2001, characterised because of the address's image of an unborn foetus (a depiction that some weak-stomached fans found slightly unnerving). The record is extensively considered a Rammstein classic, heralding their most dazzling and illustrious works, including Feuer Frei, Mutter, Mein Hertz Brennt, Speilhur, Sonne, Ich Will, and others which make the record among Rammstein's most hailed and amazing works (although many Rammstein fans, including myself, would believe all of their records tend to be brilliant; but subjectivity has no devote this description). by Irmgard Capone Report definition
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mutter

When you mutter, you mumble under your breath, often in an angry way. You might mutter to yourself as you clean graffiti off your garage, for example.

An irritable teenager might mutter when her parents make her get off the couch and mow the lawn, and your uncle might mutter at the television every night when he watches the news. When someone mutters, she speaks in a low voice, either to herself or to another person. Mutter was originally moteren in the fourteenth century, and it comes from a Proto-Indo-European root, mut, which was most likely imitative — in other words, it sounds like its meaning.

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Scrabble value of M₃ U₁ T₁ T₁ E₁ R₁ T₁ A₁ G₂

The value of this 9-letter word is 12 points, but it's not an accepted word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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