chunter

English

WOTD – 13 June 2009

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʃʌn.tə/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʌn.tɚ/

Verb

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

  1. (British, Ireland, dialect) To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
  2. (British, Ireland, dialect) To grumble, complain.

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)
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