chunner

chunner
chun·ner

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  • chunner — vb British to nag or complain, especially inces santly and in an undertone. Chunter is a common form throughout Britain, while chunner is a northern and Midlands var iant. The word is imitative of the sound. ► What are you chuntering on about? …   Contemporary slang

  • chunner — Mawdesley Glossary to grumble, to complain …   English dialects glossary

  • chunner — Verb. To mutter, grumble, talk incessantly. E.g. He s always chunnering on about nothing, he bores me silly …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • chunner — intransitive verb see chunter …   Useful english dictionary

  • List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …   Wikipedia

  • Buckley — infobox UK place country = Wales official name= Buckley latitude= 53.17265 longitude= 3.08608 population = 18,268 unitary wales= Flintshire lieutenancy wales= constituency westminster= Alyn and Deeside post town= BUCKLEY postcode district = CH7… …   Wikipedia

  • chunter — /chun teuhr/, v.i. Brit. Informal. to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously. [1590 1600; orig. dial. (Midlands, N England) chunter, chunder, chunner; cf. Scots channer in same sense; expressive word of obscure orig.] * * * …   Universalium

  • chunter — vb British to nag or complain, especially inces santly and in an undertone. Chunter is a common form throughout Britain, while chunner is a northern and Midlands var iant. The word is imitative of the sound. ► What are you chuntering on about? …   Contemporary slang

  • chunter — Verb. Meaning the same as chunner . Informal …   English slang and colloquialisms

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