murmur

1 verb

1 (I, T) to say something in a soft low voice which is difficult to hear clearly: He began stroking her hair and gently murmuring her name.

2 (I) to complain to friends and people you work with, but not officially

(+ about/against): Within the city there was much murmuring against the new ruler.

3 (I) to make a soft, low sound: The wind murmured through the trees.

— murmuring noun (C, U): vague murmurings of discontent 2 noun (C)

1 a soft low sound made by people speaking quietly or from a long way away: the murmur of voices from down the corridor | She replied in a low murmur.

2 a complaint, especially one made to friends and people you work with, but not officially: There have been some murmurs of discontent over new city taxes. | without a murmur (=without complaining or opposing): Congress had accepted the treaty almost without a murmur.

3 the soft low sound made by a stream, the wind etc: the murmur of the little brook

4 (usually singular) an unusual sound made by the heart which shows that there may be something wrong with it: a heart murmur