MUMP

v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip. Taylor, 1630.

2.
v.

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

3.
v.

To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. And then when mumping with a sore leg, ... canting and whining. Burke.

4.
v.

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

5.
v.

To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. Old men who mump their passion. Goldsmith.

6.
v.

To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.

7.
v.

To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.

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