chunter

verb — 2 senses

chunter

verb

UK /ˈtʃʌn.tə/ · US /ˈt͡ʃʌn.tɚ/

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:

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