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To mutter is to speak or chatter in a low voice or under your breath in a way that is hard to hear, or to spread rumors, or speak about someone unofficially.

(verb)

When you complain quietly under your breath, this is an example of a time when you mutter.
When you spread a rumor about someone, this is an example of a time when you mutter about the person.

See mutter in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to speak in low, indistinct tones without much movement of the lips, as in complaining or in speaking to oneself
to complain or grumble
to make a low, rumbling, threatening sound, as thunder

Origin: ME moteren, akin to Ger muttern, ult. < IE echoic base *mu- (see mope) > L muttire

transitive verb

to say in low, indistinct, often angry or discontented, tones

noun