Mutter vs. Throat

Mutternoun

A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

‘The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.’;

Throatnoun

The front part of the neck.

‘The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.’;

Mutternoun

(Indian cuisine) Peas.

Throatnoun

The gullet or windpipe.

‘As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.’;

Mutterverb

To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.

‘You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.’; ‘The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.’;

Throatnoun

A narrow opening in a vessel.

‘The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.’;

Mutterverb

To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.

‘The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.’;

Throatnoun

Station throat.

Mutterverb

To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.

‘April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.’;

Throatnoun

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

Mutterverb

To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl.

‘Wizards that peep, and that mutter.’; ‘Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare,And mutter to himself.’;

Throatnoun

(nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

Mutterverb

To sound with a low, rumbling noise.

‘Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.’;

Throatnoun

(nautical) That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.

Mutterverb

To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats.

Throatnoun

(nautical) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

Mutternoun

Repressed or obscure utterance.

Throatnoun

(shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.

Mutternoun

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

Throatnoun

(botany) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

Mutternoun

a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

Throatverb

To utter in or with the throat.

‘to throat threats’;

Mutterverb

talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

Throatverb

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Mutterverb

make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath;

‘she grumbles when she feels overworked’;

Throatverb

To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

Mutterverb

say something in a low or barely audible voice, especially in dissatisfaction or irritation

‘‘I knew she was a troublemaker,’ Rebecca muttered’; ‘he muttered something under his breath’;

Throatnoun

The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.

‘I can vent clamor from my throat.’;

Mutterverb

talk or grumble in secret or in private

‘back-benchers were muttering about the next reshuffle’;

Throatnoun

A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.

Mutternoun

a barely audible utterance, especially one expressing dissatisfaction or irritation

‘a little mutter of disgust’;

Throatnoun

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

Throatnoun

The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

Throatnoun

The inside of a timber knee.

Throatnoun

The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

Throatverb

To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.

Throatverb

To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.

Throatnoun

the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

Throatnoun

an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep

Throatnoun

a passage resembling a throat in shape or function;

‘the throat of the vase’; ‘the throat of a chimney’;

Throatnoun

the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal

‘her throat was parched with thirst’; ‘he's pouring beer down his throat’;

Throatnoun

the front part of a person's or animal's neck

‘a gold pendant gleamed at her throat’;

Throatnoun

a voice of a person or a songbird

‘from a hundred throats came the cry ‘Vive l'Empereur!’’;

Throatnoun

a thing compared to a throat, especially a narrow passage, entrance, or exit.

Throatnoun

the forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.

Throat

In vertebrate anatomy, the throat is the front part of the neck, positioned in front of the vertebra. It contains the pharynx and larynx.