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mump

Pronunciation: /mʌmp/

The English word “mump” has 8 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To mumble, speak unclearly.
  2. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
  3. To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase.
  4. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
  5. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
  6. To be sullen or sulky.
  7. To nibble.

noun

  1. A grimace.

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed through obsolete Dutch mompen (“to cheat, swindle, deceive”), according to Kroonen, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *mump- (“to stain”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mm̥bʰ-neh₂- Also akin to German mimpfeln (“to mumble”), Icelandic mumpa (“to take into the mouth”). See also English mum. While Kroonen claims Ancient Greek μέμφομαι (mémphomai, “I blame, accuse”) and the…

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