maunder
verb /ˈmɔːndə(r)/
/ˈmɔːndər/
[intransitive] (British English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they maunder | /ˈmɔːndə(r)/ /ˈmɔːndər/ |
| he / she / it maunders | /ˈmɔːndəz/ /ˈmɔːndərz/ |
| past simple maundered | /ˈmɔːndəd/ /ˈmɔːndərd/ |
| past participle maundered | /ˈmɔːndəd/ /ˈmɔːndərd/ |
| -ing form maundering | /ˈmɔːndərɪŋ/ /ˈmɔːndərɪŋ/ |
- maunder (on) (about something) to talk or complain about something in a boring and/or annoying wayWord Originearly 17th cent.: perhaps from obsolete maunder ‘to beg’.