mutter

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀭 (*maṭṭara) Hindi मटर (maṭar)bor. English mutter Borrowed from Hindi मटर (maṭar).

1. Peas.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin. Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre.

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.”

   “Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, / And mutter to himself.”

3. To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.

   “April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.”

   “Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.”