Murmur

Murmur

Murmur usually means:

  • Murmur (speech), a soft-sounded and quiet utterance/talking "under your breath" so it is hard to understand what the speaker is saying
  • Breathy voice, a type of phonation in speech

It can also refer to:

Contents

Medical

  • Heart murmur, an abnormal heart sound
  • Vascular murmur, an abnormal vascular sound

Music

Character

Computing

Other uses

  • Murmur (placoderm), a genus of placoderms

mumble, whisper, murmur


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  • Murmur — Studioalbum von R.E.M. Veröffentlichung April 1983 Label I.R.S. Records Format …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • murmur — MÚRMUR, murmure, s.n. 1. Succesiune de sunete (slab şi monoton articulate), de cuvinte rostite încet şi neclar; zgomot confuz de voci; rumoare, murmuială. ♦ p. anal. Zgomot surd şi continuu produs de un motor sau de o maşină în acţiune; zumzet,… …   Dicționar Român

  • murmur — [mʉr′mər] n. [ME murmure < OFr < L, a murmur, roar, muttering < IE echoic base * mormor , *murmur > Sans marmara , Gr mormurein] 1. a low, indistinct, continuous sound, as of a stream, far off voices, etc. 2. a mumbled or muttered… …   English World dictionary

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  • Murmur — Mur mur, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Murmured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Murmuring}.] [F. murmurer, L. murmurare, murmurari, fr. murmur murmur; cf. Gr. ? to roar and boil, said of water, Skr. marmara a rustling sound; prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To make a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Murmur — Mur mur, n. [F. murmure: cf. L. murmur. CF. {Murmur}, v. i.] 1. A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water. [1913 Webster] 2. A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Some… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Murmur — Mur mur, v. t. To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales. Shak. [1913 Webster] The people murmured such things concerning him. John vii. 32. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • murmur — index speak Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 murmur …   Law dictionary

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