murmur
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Is murmur a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.Examples: "The delightful murmur of water running over pebbles is heard a few yards off"; "1979: A translation of the Eclogues by Paul Alpers The windy murmur of the breeze subsides."countableuncountable
2. (countable, uncountable) Soft indistinct speech.Examples: "A murmur arose from the audience."; "In the prison of the 'tween decks reigned a darkness pregnant with murmurs. The sentry at the entrance to the hatchway was supposed to "prevent the prisoners from making a noise," but he put a very liberal interpretation upon the clause, and so long as the prisoners refrained from shouting, yelling, and fighting--eccentricities in which they sometimes indulged--he did not disturb them."; "The moment had come for the honeyed word. I lowered my voice to a confidential murmur, but on her inquiring if I had laryngitis raised it again."countableuncountable
3. (cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, now rare) To grumble; to complain in a low, muttering voice, or express discontent at or against someone or something.Examples: "The Iewes then murmured at him because he sayde: I am that breed which is come doune from heaven."; "And now, behold thy brothers murmur, saying it is a hard thing which I have required of them; but behold I have not required it of them, but it is a commandment of the Lord."archaicintransitive
2. (intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter.Examples: "I couldn't hear the words; he just murmured a lot."; "The bees murmured in the forest. The waves murmured on the shore."; "“Oh yes,” he murmured in a tone of obligatory surprise, as he proceeded to make the kind of 2 which he attributed to Margaret's style of chirography."intransitive
3. (transitive) To say (something) indistinctly, to mutter.Examples: "I […] heard thee murmur tales of iron wars;"; "Gabriel murmured a confused reply, and hastened on."; "With a husky voice she murmured that he was the very dearest grandfather anyone ever had."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary