What is the meaning of Murmur?

  • (v.t.) To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales.
  • (v.i.) A complaint half suppressed or uttered in a low, muttering voice.
  • (v.i.) To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves or the wind in a forest.
  • (v.i.) To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; -- often with at or against.
  • (v.i.) A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.
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MLAWebster's. "murmur" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/murmur/definitions/2035283>
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