Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Muttered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muttering}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. muttire, mutire.] 1. To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl.
Wizards that peep, and that mutter. --Is. viii. 19.
Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. --Dryden.
2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise.
Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. --Pope.
Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. t. To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats. --Shak.
Mutter \Mut"ter\, n. Repressed or obscure utterance.
But from the back of the pack comes a mutter, in perfect English, "This ought to be good.
It is hardly surprising that some at Westminster are beginning to mutter that Hunt seems to be turning into more of a closet-socialist than his predecessor, Peter Walker.
And the big picture is that over the past five years any likely share portfolio -even the one we were inspecting with some wonder - would have under-performed a simple switch into bonds. Hindsight, the frustrated equity man will mutter.
Their wives and children utter the predictable Hollywood babble wives and children (in Hollywood, anyway) mutter when stuck in the woods with two people who just don't get along.
People mutter of mafia-like activities and aid workers tell of pet dogs slaughtered in their gardens.
When pressed to explain what she stands for, one old political hand could only mutter: 'Naked ambition'.
Taxi drivers, who charge about DM30 (Pounds 11.60) for the journey from Tegel to the centre, will mutter that they cannot find the exact location of the street if your hotel is in the east.