mump
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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to sulk; mope.
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to grimace.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
verb
Etymology
Origin of mump1
First recorded in 1580–90; imitative, apparently akin to mum 1; compare Dutch mompen “to mumble, grumble,” German mimpfeln “to mumble while eating,” Icelandic mumpa “to take into the mouth, eat greedily”
Origin of mump2
First recorded in 1645–55; from obsolete Dutch mompen “to conceal, cheat, deceive”
Example Sentences
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A great mump scare, perhaps a mump epidemic, seemed imminent.
From Time Magazine Archive
But of all things to happen just at this time, the very next day Hinpoha came down with the mumps, or rather the mump, for only one side of her throat was affected.
From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
And Mother tied it with a piece, And then she tied up Will and John, And no one else but Dick was left That didn't have a mump rag on.
From Under the Tree by Roberts, Elizabeth Madox
Zantippa didn't sit daan an' mump, but up stairs shoo went an' made th' beds, an' a rare shakin' they gat, for shoo wor just ful o' summat an' shoo mud vent her feelins someway.
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by Hartley, John
There would be no more mump now, and the crane would suddenly take leave of his senses with joy.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Stables, Gordon
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