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mutter
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?(?)
- Hyphenation: mut?ter
Etymology 1
From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin. Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin mutt?re, mut?re.
Noun
mutter (plural mutters)
- A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
- The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
Translations
Verb
mutter (third-person singular simple present mutters, present participle muttering, simple past and past participle muttered)
- 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.
- To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
- The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
- To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
- April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.
Synonyms
- (speak under one's breath): growl, grumble, mumble
- (speak incoherently): babble, mumble, murmur, ramble, stutter
- (make a low sound): growl, putter, rumble
- See also Thesaurus:mutter
Derived terms
- mutterer
Translations
Etymology 2
From Hindi ??? (ma?ar)
Alternative forms
- matar
Noun
mutter
- (Indian cuisine) Peas.
Derived terms
- mutter paneer
Danish
Etymology
From German Mutter (“mother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?t?r/, [?m?d??], /mut?r/, [?mud??]
Noun
mutter c (singular definite mutteren, not used in plural form)
- mommy, mummy, ma
- old woman
- missus
References
- “mutter” in Den Danske Ordbog
Estonian
Etymology
From a Germanic language, compare Finnish mutteri.
Noun
mutter (genitive mutri, partitive mutrit)
- nut (that screws onto a bolt)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Mutter
Noun
mutter m (definite singular mutteren, indefinite plural muttere or mutre or mutrer, definite plural mutterne or mutrene)
- a nut (for bolts)
- skrue og mutter - nut and bolt
References
- “mutter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Mutter
Noun
mutter m (definite singular mutteren, indefinite plural mutterar or mutrar, definite plural mutterane or mutrane)
- a nut (for bolts)
References
- “mutter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From or at least cognate to German Mutter.
Noun
mutter c
- a nut (for bolts)
Declension
Noun
mutter n (uncountable)
- mutter; obscure utterance
Declension
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scream
English
Etymology
From Middle English scremen, scræmen, probably from a fusion of Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare Dutch schremen (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sk?i?m/
- (General American) enPR: skr?m, IPA(key): /sk?im/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Noun
scream (plural screams)
- A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.
- A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.
- (music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier
- (printers' slang) exclamation mark
Translations
Verb
scream (third-person singular simple present screams, present participle screaming, simple past and past participle screamed or (nonstandard) screamt)
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, shout outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shout
- (intransitive, figuratively)
- To move quickly; to race.
- Synonyms: speed, zoom; see also Thesaurus:move quickly, Thesaurus:rush
- (informal) To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.
- To move quickly; to race.
Conjugation
Translations
Anagrams
- crames, creams, cremas, macers, recams
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