mutter

Meanings

Noun

• A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
• Peas.

Verb

• To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
• To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
• To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.

Related

Similar words

• growl, grumble, mumble
• babble, mumble, murmur, ramble, stutter
• growl, putter, rumble

Origin

• From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin. Compare Low German mustern, musseln, German muttern, Old Norse muðla. Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre.
• From Hindi मटर