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mur·mur [mur-mer] – noun
1. a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
2. a mumbled or private expression of discontent.
3. Also called heart murmur. Medicine/Medical. a. an abnormal sound heard on listening to the heart, usually through a stethoscope, produced by the blood passing through deformed cardiac valves. b. in some persons a similar sound heard when blood passes through normal valves.
5. to make a low or indistinct sound, esp. continuously.
6. to speak in a low tone or indistinctly.
7. to complain in a low tone or in private.
–verb (used with object)
8. to sound by murmurs.
9. to utter in a low tone: He murmured a threat as he left the room.
2. a mumbled or private expression of discontent.
3. Also called heart murmur. Medicine/Medical. a. an abnormal sound heard on listening to the heart, usually through a stethoscope, produced by the blood passing through deformed cardiac valves. b. in some persons a similar sound heard when blood passes through normal valves.
5. to make a low or indistinct sound, esp. continuously.
6. to speak in a low tone or indistinctly.
7. to complain in a low tone or in private.
–verb (used with object)
8. to sound by murmurs.
9. to utter in a low tone: He murmured a threat as he left the room.