chunter
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
chunter (chunters, present participle chuntering; past and past participle chuntered)
- (British, dialect) To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
- (British, dialect) To grumble, complain.
- 1921 [1999], David Herbert Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia (Penguins Classics), page 74 ↗:
- “Since she had another seat and was quite comfortable, we smiled and let her chunter.”
- 1921 [1999], David Herbert Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia (Penguins Classics), page 74 ↗:
- Italian: sussurrare, bisbigliare
- French: se plaindre
- Italian: borbottare, brontolare
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