chunter
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈtʃʌn.tə/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈtʃʌn.tɚ/
Verb

chunter (chunters, present participle chuntering; past and past participle chuntered)

  1. (British, dialect) To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
  2. (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.”
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