mump

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip.— Taylor, 1630.[1913 Webster]

2.To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly. [1913 Webster]

3.To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. [1913 Webster]

And then when mumping with a sore leg, . . . canting and whining.— Burke.[1913 Webster]

4.To be sullen or sulky. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]


Mump \Mump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Mumping.]

1.To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. [1913 Webster]

Old men who mump their passion.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]

2.To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food. [1913 Webster]

3.To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon. [1913 Webster]

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