Etymology

chowter

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Today it means: To grumble or mutter sulkily. Full definition →

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The story

Uncertain. Compare dialectal chowre (“to complain”), and English dialect chow (“to grumble”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.