Mut"ter , n.
Repressed or obscure utterance.
Mut"ter , v. t. To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to
mutter threats. Shak.
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.
Hear it pronounced