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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Mump

· IPA /mʌmp/
01 v. i. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
  1. 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. 2.
    To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.
  3. 3.
    To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
    “And then when mumping with a sore leg, . . . canting and whining.” — Burke.
  4. 4.
    To be sullen or sulky.[Prov. Eng.]
02 v. t. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.
imp. & p. p. Mumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Mumping
  1. 1.
    To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.
    “Old men who mump their passion.” — Goldsmith.
  2. 2.
    To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.
  3. 3.
    To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.