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- Dictionarychunter/ˈtʃʌntə/
verb
- 1. talk or grumble monotonously: "she chuntered on about her problems"
- 2. move along slowly and noisily: "the car came chuntering up the track"
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to complain, especially in a low voice: Al was chuntering (on) about being the last to know what was happening. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complaining. be/go on at someone idiom. bellyaching. bemoan. bewail. brouhaha. bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom. carping. clamour. complain. make noises idiom. mutter. nag. pardon.
Definition of 'chunter' Word Frequency. chunter in British English. (ˈtʃʌntə ) or chunner (ˈtʃʌnə ) verb. (intransitive; often foll by on) British informal. to mutter or grumble incessantly in a meaningless fashion. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: probably of imitative origin. Word Frequency.
: to talk in a low inarticulate way : mutter. Synonyms. grunt. mouth. mumble. murmur. mutter. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of chunter in a Sentence. in Hyde Park a clearly disturbed man was chuntering about something.
Chunter definition: to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.. See examples of CHUNTER used in a sentence.
chunter (on) (about something) to talk or complain about something in a way that other people think is boring or annoying synonym witter. He’s always chuntering on about something or other.
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Synonyms for CHUNTER: mutter, mumble, murmur, mouth, grunt, whisper, chatter, prattle; Antonyms of CHUNTER: speak out, speak up, articulate, enunciate.