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ALL meanings of murmur

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  • noun murmur Say something in a low, soft, or indistinct voice. 1
  • noun murmur low sound 1
  • transitive verb murmur say quietly 1
  • noun murmur a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices. 1
  • intransitive verb murmur tell quietly 1
  • noun murmur a mumbled or private expression of discontent. 1
  • intransitive verb murmur speak quietly 1
  • noun murmur Also called heart murmur. Medicine/Medical. an abnormal sound heard on listening to the heart, usually through a stethoscope, produced by the blood passing through deformed cardiac valves. in some persons a similar sound heard when blood passes through normal valves. 1
  • noun murmur medicine: heart irregularity 1
  • noun murmur Phonetics. a voice quality in which vibration of the vocal cords is accompanied by the escape of a great deal of air, as in the (h) of ahead; breathy voice. 1
  • verb without object murmur to make a low or indistinct sound, especially continuously. 1
  • verb without object murmur to speak in a low tone or indistinctly. 1
  • verb without object murmur to complain in a low tone or in private. 1
  • verb with object murmur to sound by murmurs. 1
  • verb with object murmur to utter in a low tone: He murmured a threat as he left the room. 1
  • verb murmur If you murmur something, you say it very quietly, so that not many people can hear what you are saying. 0
  • countable noun murmur A murmur is something that is said which can hardly be heard. 0
  • singular noun murmur A murmur is a continuous low sound, like the noise of a river or of voices far away. 0
  • countable noun murmur A murmur of a particular emotion is a quiet expression of it. 0
  • countable noun murmur A murmur is an abnormal sound which is made by the heart and which shows that there is probably something wrong with it. 0
  • noun murmur a continuous low indistinct sound, as of distant voices 0
  • noun murmur an indistinct utterance 0
  • noun murmur a complaint; grumble 0
  • noun murmur any abnormal soft blowing sound heard within the body, usually over the chest 0
  • verb murmur to utter (something) in a murmur 0
  • verb murmur to complain in a murmur 0
  • noun murmur a low, indistinct, continuous sound, as of a stream, far-off voices, etc. 0
  • noun murmur a mumbled or muttered complaint 0
  • noun murmur any abnormal sound heard by auscultation, esp. of the heart 0
  • intransitive verb murmur to make a murmur 0
  • intransitive verb murmur to mumble or mutter a complaint 0
  • verb transitive murmur to say in a murmur 0
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