1 ~ (sth) (to sb / yourself) (about sth) to speak or say sth in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear, especially because you are annoyed about sth:
[Vspeech] 'How dare she,' he muttered under his breath. * [V] She just sat there muttering to herself. * [VN] I muttered something about needing to get back to work. [also Vthat]
2 ~ (about sth) to complain about sth, without saying publicly what you think:
[V] Workers continued to mutter about the management. [also Vthat]
noun [usuallysing.] a quiet sound or words that are difficult to hear:
the soft mutter of voices
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is mutter a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, mutter is tagged as verb.
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