Past tense of 'chunter': complained, muttered, or grumbled in a low, persistent manner.
Regular past tense formation from 'chunter' by adding '-ed'. Maintains the dialectal meaning of the base verb.
The past tense 'chuntered' appears regularly in British crime fiction and Northern English literature, where it captures a character's mood perfectly—you can practically hear the irritated muttering in the word itself.
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