mump

UK: /mʌmp/ US: (mump, mŏŏmp)

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mump¹  (mump, mŏŏmp), [Brit. Dial.]
v.t. 

1. British Terms to mumble;
   mutter.

v.i. 

2. British Terms to sulk;
   mope.
3. British Terms to grimace.

• 1580–90; imitative, apparently akin to mum¹; compare Dutch mompen to mumble, German mimpfeln to mumble while eating, Icelandic mumpa to take into the mouth, eat greedily

mump²  (mump, mŏŏmp), [Brit. Dial.]
v.t. 

1. British Terms to cheat.

v.i. 

2. British Terms to beg.

• Dutch mompen (obsolete)
• 1645–55

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mump / mʌmp/ verb

1. (intransitive) to be silent

Etymology: 16th Century (to grimace, sulk, be silent): of imitative origin, alluding to the shape of the mouth when mumbling or chewing

mump / mʌmp/ verb

1. (intransitive) to beg

Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps from Dutch mompen to cheat