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verb (used with object)
1.
to mumble; mutter.
verb (used without object)
2.
to sulk; mope.
3.
to grimace.
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Mump
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Origin:
1580–90; imitative, apparently akin to mum1; compare Dutch mompen to mumble, German mimpfeln to mumble while eating, Icelandic mumpa to take into the mouth, eat greedily
1580–90; imitative, apparently akin to mum1; compare Dutch mompen to mumble, German mimpfeln to mumble while eating, Icelandic mumpa to take into the mouth, eat greedily
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