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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Mump

Mūmp, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. MUMPED (mŭmt); p. pr. & vb. n. MUMPING.] [Icel. mumpa, to take into the mouth, fr. mump-, curly beard; L. Ger. mumpeln.]

  1. To work over with the mouth; to nibble; as, to mump food.
  2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly. “Old men who mump their passion.” Goldsmith.

Mŭmp, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. He mumps, and lowers, and hangs the lip, they say. Taylor, 1630.

Sense 2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.

Sense 3. [D. mompen, to cheat. Cf. MUMBLE.] To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. “And then went mumping with a sore leg, . . . canting and whining.” Barke.

Sense 4. To be sullen or sulky. [Prov. Eng.]