MURMUR

[mur.mur] n [ME murmure, fr. MF, fr. L murmur murmur, roar, of imit. origin] (14c) 1: a half-suppressed or muttered complaint: grumbling

2. a: a low indistinct but often continuous sound b: a soft or gentle utterance

3: an atypical sound of the heart indicating a functional or structural abnormality

[2]murmur vi (14c) 1: to make a murmur "the breeze ~ed in the pines"

2: complain, grumble ~ vt: to say in a murmur -- mur.mur.er n