muttering

Pluralmutterings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of mutter. Use this form for something happening right now or going on for a while.

   He was muttering to himself in the back of the room.

   She kept muttering complaints under her breath all afternoon.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Quiet, unclear words that someone says under their breath.

   Like when someone talks so quietly you can't quite catch the words.

   His muttering grew louder as the meeting dragged on.

   I caught only fragments of the old man's muttering.

   Similargrumbling, murmuring, mumbling

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Talk that spreads quietly from person to person, often not proven true.

   Like a quiet story that passes from one person to the next.

   There was muttering in the village that the mill would close.

   The muttering about layoffs turned out to be true after all.

   Similarrumor, talk, gossip, whisper

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