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chunter

/ˈtʃʌn.tə/US/ˈt͡ʃʌn.tɚ/

chunter verb: to speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.

Verb

chunter (third-person singular simple present chunters, present participle chuntering, simple past and past participle chuntered)

  1. (British, Ireland, dialectal) To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
    • Ron continued to chunter under his breath all the way down the street.2003 June 21, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter; 5), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 349
  2. (British, Ireland, dialectal) To grumble, complain.
    • Since she had another seat and was quite comfortable, we smiled and let her chunter.1921, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Mandas”, in Sea and Sardinia, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 136

Forms of chunter

third-person singular presentchunters
present participlechuntering
past participlechuntered
pastchuntered

Words that rhyme with chunter

Questions about chunter

What does chunter mean?
Chunter means to speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
What part of speech is chunter?
Chunter is a verb.
How do you pronounce chunter?
Chunter is pronounced /ˈtʃʌn.tə/ (UK).
What is the past tense of chunter?
The past tense of chunter is chuntered.

Words near chunter in the dictionary

  1. Chunns
  2. Chunqiu
  3. chunri
  4. chunris
  5. Chuns
  6. chunter
  7. chuntered
  8. chuntering
  9. chunterings
  10. chunters
  11. chuntey

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