chowterEtymologyUncertain. Compare dialectal chowre (“to complain”), and English dialect chow (“to grumble”).verbTo grumble or mutter sulkily.“Chuk poured out the coffee , and handed him the sugar and milk ; and while Richard was eating , the boy tended his master , and chowtered about the room . “ There is not a boom on the river like that , ” he said , " and there'll never be[…]"”