chunter

[chuhn-ter]

verb (used without object)

British Informal.

1. to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.

chunter

/ ˈtʃʌnə, ˈtʃʌntə /

verb

1. informal,  to mutter or grumble incessantly in a meaningless fashion

Word History and Origins

Origin of chunter¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; originally dialect (Midlands, N England) chunter, chunder, chunner; compare Scots channer in same sense; expressive word of obscure origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of chunter¹

C16: probably of imitative origin

Example Sentences

In addition to retrieving the ball for a Brentford throw, Guardiola's response to Flekken's delayed goal-kicks and Yoane Wissa going down to earn John Stones a booking was to have a couple of long stares at opposite number Frank, someone the City boss said in his programme notes he 'really respects', chunter at the fourth official and offer a frustrated wave at referee Darren England.

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Past players will chunter, but the reality is the game has changed.

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For an institution that is supposed to chunter away genially in the background, it has been quite in-your-face for a while now.

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“I think the words chunter, medicament, dilate, animadvert, and, perhaps my favorite, saucerations, have been popularized under your speakership and I imagine now are in common parlance in pubs and clubs across England,” Tory grandee and Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg said at Bercow’s final session.

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As such, how well a team does or doesn’t do isn’t the most important thing about it, so to chunter about Sheffield United finally being back in the Premier League is to ignore the multitude of other things going on, both at Bramall Lane and elsewhere.

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