Usually means: Soft, continuous sound or whisper.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. murmur: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. murmur: Merriam-Webster
  3. murmur: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. murmur: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. murmur: Collins English Dictionary
  6. murmur: Vocabulary.com
  7. Murmur, murmur: Wordnik
  8. murmur: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. murmur: Wiktionary
  10. murmur: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. murmur: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. murmur: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. murmur: Dictionary.com
  14. murmur (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. murmur: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Murmur (DC Comics), Murmur (Marvel Comics), Murmur (album), Murmur (comics), Murmur (company), Murmur (demon), Murmur (demonology), Murmur (heart), Murmur (placoderm), Murmur (record label), Murmur: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Murmur: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. murmur: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. murmur: Rhymezone
  20. murmur: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. murmur: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. murmur: FreeDictionary.org
  23. murmur: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. murmur: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. murmur: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. murmur: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. murmur: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Murmur: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. murmur: Medical dictionary
  6. Murmur: Drug Medical Dictionary
  7. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. murmur: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. murmur: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See murmured as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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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