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Definizioni

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mutter
1. subst. A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
2. v. 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.
3. v. To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
4. v. To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.
5. subst. (Indian cuisine) Peas.

Esempi d'uso

Makes a slight move and comes out of her coma, just long enough to mutter the following.  All mutter hellos to the janitor except the other student, he sits alone at the chair furthest back and does not say a word.

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