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mump


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mump  \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