This week’s theme
Onomatopoeic words

This week’s words
gnar
cackle
susurrate
blubber
chunter


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Illustrated words

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PRONUNCIATION:

(CHUHN-tuhr)

MEANING:

verb intr.: To mutter, grumble, or chatter.

ETYMOLOGY:

Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1599.

USAGE:

“All they [passengers in the train] did was chunter on about lambs, holidays, solar panels, grass growing, farming, the health service, marinades, Niagara Falls, the Taliban, and -- honestly -- noisy neighbours.”
Louise James; Biddies Doing My Head In; Belfast Telegraph (Northern Ireland); Mar 27, 2016.

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