different between mutter vs yell
mutter
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?(?)
- Hyphenation: mut?ter
Etymology 1
From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin. Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin mutt?re, mut?re.
Noun
mutter (plural mutters)
- A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
- The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
Translations
Verb
mutter (third-person singular simple present mutters, present participle muttering, simple past and past participle muttered)
- 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.
- To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
- The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
- To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
- April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.
Synonyms
- (speak under one's breath): growl, grumble, mumble
- (speak incoherently): babble, mumble, murmur, ramble, stutter
- (make a low sound): growl, putter, rumble
- See also Thesaurus:mutter
Derived terms
- mutterer
Translations
Etymology 2
From Hindi ??? (ma?ar)
Alternative forms
- matar
Noun
mutter
- (Indian cuisine) Peas.
Derived terms
- mutter paneer
Danish
Etymology
From German Mutter (“mother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?t?r/, [?m?d??], /mut?r/, [?mud??]
Noun
mutter c (singular definite mutteren, not used in plural form)
- mommy, mummy, ma
- old woman
- missus
References
- “mutter” in Den Danske Ordbog
Estonian
Etymology
From a Germanic language, compare Finnish mutteri.
Noun
mutter (genitive mutri, partitive mutrit)
- nut (that screws onto a bolt)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Mutter
Noun
mutter m (definite singular mutteren, indefinite plural muttere or mutre or mutrer, definite plural mutterne or mutrene)
- a nut (for bolts)
- skrue og mutter - nut and bolt
References
- “mutter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Mutter
Noun
mutter m (definite singular mutteren, indefinite plural mutterar or mutrar, definite plural mutterane or mutrane)
- a nut (for bolts)
References
- “mutter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From or at least cognate to German Mutter.
Noun
mutter c
- a nut (for bolts)
Declension
Noun
mutter n (uncountable)
- mutter; obscure utterance
Declension
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yell
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English ?ellen, yellen, from Old English ?iellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellan?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
Verb
yell (third-person singular simple present yells, present participle yelling, simple past and past participle yelled)
- (intransitive) shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
- (transitive) to convey by shouting
- He yelled directions to the party from the car.
- (slang) to tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner)
- If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.
Usage notes
To yell at someone is as in a hostile manner, while to yell to someone means to speak loudly so as to be heard.
Synonyms
- (shout): call, cry, holler, shout
- See also Thesaurus:shout
Derived terms
Related terms
- gale
- yelp
Translations
Noun
yell (plural yells)
- A shout.
- A phrase to be shouted.
- 1912, The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)
- After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings […]
- 1912, The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).
Adjective
yell (not comparable)
- (Ulster) dry (of cow)
Anagrams
- Lyle
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English yell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?j?l/
- Hyphenation: yell
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
yell m (plural yells)
- yell, a slogan to be shouted, especially in sports or games (e.g. by players, cheerleaders or the audience)
Related terms
- gil
- gillen
- yellen
Middle English
Noun
yell
- Alternative form of ?elle
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