mutt

v. t. To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Repressed or obscure utterance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Muttered p. pr. & vb. n. Muttering. ] [ Prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. muttire, mutire. ] 1. To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wizards that peep, and that mutter. Is. viii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare,
And mutter to himself. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who mutters. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With a low voice and indistinct articulation; in a muttering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. motoun, OF. moton, molton, a sheep, wether, F. mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. See Mutilate. ] 1. A sheep. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. Sir H. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The flesh of a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fat of roasted mutton or beef. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Mutton bird (Zool.), the Australian short-tailed petrel (Nectris brevicaudus). --
Mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off. --
Mutton fish (Zool.), the American eelpout. See Eelpout. --
Mutton fist, a big brawny fist or hand. [ Colloq. ] Dryden. --
Mutton monger, a pimp. [ Low & Obs. ] Chapman. --
To return to one's muttons. [ A translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons à nos moutons let us return to our sheep. ] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [ Humorous ] [ 1913 Webster ] I willingly return to my muttons. H. R. Haweis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fish (Lutjanus analis) similar to and often marketed as “red snapper”.
Syn. -- mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A stupid or foolish person; a dolt; a numbskull; a blockhead; -- disparaging and offensive. These words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence. [ disparaging ]
Syn. -- dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, shithead, fuckhead. [ WordNet 1.5 ]