different between chunter vs shunter

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??n.t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??n.t?/

Verb

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

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

Translations

References

• “D. H. Lawrence gave a new lease on life to the verb to chunter, ‘to mutter, complain’, labelled “Obs. exc. dial”, when he used it in Sea and Sardinia (1921)’,” Languages in Contact and Contrast: Essays in Contact Linguistics, by Vladimir Ivir, Damir Kalogjera, page 411 (b.g.c link)

English

Etymology

shunt +? -er

Noun

shunter (plural shunters)

1. (rail transport, Britain) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher.
2. (rail transport, Britain) A person who carries out shunting operations.

Synonyms

• (locomotive): switcher (US), shunting engine (UK)

Translations

Anagrams

• hunters, nurseth