chuntering
chuntering is the present participle and gerund of chunter.
Meaning of chunter
Verb
chunter (third-person singular simple present chunters, present participle chuntering, simple past and past participle chuntered)
- 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
- 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
Noun
chuntering (countable and uncountable, plural chunterings)
- Grumbling; complaining.
- Such misgivings were expressed to anyone who would listen to the chunterings of an increasingly frail old lady.2013, Gaynor Gabriel, The Long Shadow, page 101
Forms of chuntering
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Questions about chuntering
- What does chuntering mean?
- Chuntering means grumbling; complaining.
- What is chuntering the present participle and gerund of?
- Chuntering is the present participle and gerund of chunter.
- What part of speech is chuntering?
- Chuntering is a noun.
- What is the plural of chuntering?
- The plural of chuntering is chunterings.
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