Definition of Chunner

1. to mutter [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: mutter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chunner

chunked
chunker
chunkers
chunkier
chunkiest
chunkily
chunkiness
chunking
chunklike
chunks
chunky
chunky monkey
chunky monkeys
chunnel
chunnels
chunner (current term)
chunnered
chunners
chunni
chunnis
chunter
chuntered
chuntering
chunters
chupacabra
chupacabras
chupati
chupatis
chupatti
chupattis

Literary usage of Chunner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"L. chunner, v. to grumble. Leigh gives a good illustration. A clergyman, asking an infirm old woman how she was, received as an answer, ..."

2. A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire by Egerton Leigh (1877)
"A term of reproach. Rascal, cheat, vagabond. L. chunner, T.—To grumble. ... an infirm old woman how she was, received as an answer, " I goes on chunner, ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"No, ye fat chu/es ; I *»*• would your store were heere. first K. Hen. IV., ii. 2, 93. chunner, v. to grumble in a low tone, to murmur. JOHN SCHOLES. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1881)
"Also spelt chunner and chunder. CHURCH-ALE. A wake, a feast in commemoration of the dedication of a church. CHURCH-CLERK. A parish-clerk. East. ..."

5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"CHUNTER, chunner, CHUNDER, j e. To complain ; to grumble. CHURCH-ALE, ». A feast in commemoration of the dedication of a church. CHURCH-CLERK, ». ..."

6. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"Also spelt chunner and chunder. CHURCH-ALE. A wake, a feast in commemoration of the dedication of a church. CHURCH-CLERK. A parish-clerk. East. ..."

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