see|Mutter
was wotd|2007|March|11
English

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/�m�t�/
italbrac|US IPA|/�m�t�/
audio|en-us-mutter.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�t�(r)

Noun
en-noun

1. A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

#:The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.

1. (in Indian restaurants) peas

Translations
trans-top|instance of muttering
Finnish: mutina, mumina
Icelandic: muldur n, taut n
trans-mid
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|�رت��|trwirte|scKUchar
Polish: mamrota�, mrucze�
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Derived terms
mutter paneer

Verb
en-verb

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.

1. To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.

#:The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.

1. To make a sound with a low, rumble|rumbling noise.

#:April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway near the kitchens.

Synonyms
(speak under one's breath): growl, grumble, mumble
(speak incoherently): babble, mumble, murmur, ramble
(make a low sound): growl, putter, rumble

Translations
trans-top|speak under one's breath
Finnish: mutista, mumista
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|lemalmél
Icelandic: muldra, tauta, hvísla
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|speak incoherently
Finnish: mutista, mumista
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|lemalmél
Icelandic: tuða, tauta
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|make a low sound
Finnish: mutista, mumista
Icelandic: muldra
trans-mid
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Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-m2

1. nut (for bolts)

Category:Norwegian nouns

Swedish
sv-noun|gender=Common|mutter|muttern|muttrar|muttrarna|mutters|mutterns|muttrars|muttrarnas

Noun
mutter c

1. nut (for bolts)

Noun
sv-noun-unc-irreg-n|2=muttret
mutter n (uncountable)

1. mutter#English|mutter; obscure utterance

Category:Swedish nouns

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