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[muhmp, moo
mp] 
British Dialect
mump
1 [muhmp, moomp] British Dialect
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to mumble; mutter. |
| 2. | to sulk; mope. |
| 3. | to grimace. |
Origin:
1580–90; imit., appar. akin to mum 1 ; cf. D mompen to mumble, G mimpfeln to mumble while eating, Icel mumpa to take into the mouth, eat greedily
1580–90; imit., appar. akin to mum 1 ; cf. D mompen to mumble, G mimpfeln to mumble while eating, Icel mumpa to take into the mouth, eat greedily
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[muhmp, moomp]
British Dialect
mump
2 [muhmp, moomp] British Dialect
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to cheat. |
| 2. | to beg. |
Origin:
1645–55; < D mompen (obs.)
1645–55; < D mompen (obs.)
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Mump
Mump\, v. 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.]
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Mump\, v. 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.
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