Usually means: Soft, often indistinct, background sounds.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word murmurs:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. murmurs: Merriam-Webster
  2. murmurs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. murmurs: Vocabulary.com
  4. Murmurs, murmurs: Wordnik
  5. murmurs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. murmurs: Wiktionary
  7. murmurs: Dictionary.com
  8. murmurs: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Murmurs, The Murmurs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. murmurs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. murmurs: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. murmurs: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. murmurs: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Murmurs: Merck Manuals
  3. murmurs: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. murmurs: Idioms

(Note: See murmur as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (murmur)

noun:  (countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
noun:  (countable, uncountable) Soft indistinct speech.
noun:  (cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
noun:  A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent.
verb:  (intransitive, now rare) To grumble; to complain in a low, muttering voice, or express discontent at or against someone or something.
verb:  (intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter.
verb:  (transitive) To say (something) indistinctly, to mutter.
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