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Webster 1913 Edition

Mump

Mump

,
Verb.
I.
[Akin to
mumble
; cf. D.
mompen
to cheat; perh. orig., to whine like a beggar, D.
mompelen
to mumble. See
Mumble
,
Mum
, and cf.
Mumps
.]
1.
To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
He
mumps
, and lovers, and hangs the lip.
Taylor, 1630.
2.
To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.
3.
To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
And then when
mumping
with a sore leg, . . . canting and whining.
Burke.
4.
To be sullen or sulky.
[Prov. Eng.]

Mump

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mumped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Mumping
.]
1.
To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.
Old men who
mump
their passion.
Goldsmith.
2.
To work over with the mouth; to mumble;
as, to
mump
food
.
3.
To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mump

MUMP

, v.t.
1.
To nibble; to bite quick; to chew with continued motion; as a mumping squirrel.
2.
To talk loud and quick.
3.
To go begging.
4.
To deceive; to cheat.

Definition 2024

mump

mump

English

Verb

mump ‎(third-person singular simple present mumps, present participle mumping, simple past and past participle mumped)

  1. (intransitive) To mumble, speak unclearly.
  2. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
    • 1630, Taylor
      He mumps, and lowres, and hangs the lip.
  3. (intransitive) To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase.
  4. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
  5. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
    • Burke
      And then when mumping with a sore leg, […] canting and whining.
  6. To be sullen or sulky.

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