mutter

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Norwegian 2.1 Noun 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmʌtə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmʌtɚ/
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• Rhymes: -ʌtə(r)

[edit] Noun

mutter (plural mutters)

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

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

2. (in Indian restaurants) peas

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[edit] Derived terms

• mutter paneer

[edit] Verb

to mutter (third-person singular simple present mutters, present participle muttering, simple past and past participle muttered)

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.

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

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

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• (speak under one's breath): growl, grumble, mumble
• (speak incoherently): babble, mumble, murmur, ramble, stutter
• (make a low sound): growl, putter, rumble
• See also Wikisaurus:mutter

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[edit] Noun

mutter m. (definite singular mutteren; indefinite plural muttere; definite plural mutterne)

1. nut (for bolts)

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[edit] Swedish

Inflection for mutter	Singular		Plural
Common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mutter	muttern	muttrar	muttrarna
Genitive	mutters	mutterns	muttrars	muttrarnas

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mutter c.

1. nut (for bolts)

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Declination for mutter	Singular		Uncountable
Neuter	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	mutter	muttret
Possessive form	mutters	muttrets

mutter n. (uncountable)

1. mutter; obscure utterance