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Word:
murmur
Meaning:
Barely audible and indistinct speaking within the mouth so that other people find it difficult to hear and (or) understand what is being said: Praying, confused, faint, pathetic, pleading, senseless, apologetic murmur. A prayer, spell murmur. In your sleep murmur. On his deathbed murmur. ≈ Stumpy (lifts) his eyelids slowly-slowly… “Oh, Mom,” murmur he, “my head hurts so much” (JA Coetzee: Stumpie, 1938, 15). • She is a little pale… She takes it (die glas water) in murmur a thank you (WA de Klerk: Soekende Mens, 1960, 48). • The next morning she was still muttering in his arms (J. Miles: Street, 1970, 65).
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