mump

[muhmp, moo mp]British Dialect

verb (used with object)

to mumble; mutter.

verb (used without object)

to sulk; mope.
to grimace.

Origin of mump

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

mump

[muhmp, moo mp]British Dialect

verb (used with object)

to cheat.

verb (used without object)

to beg.

Origin of mump

First recorded in 1645–55, mump is from the Dutch word mompen (obsolete)

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Historical Examples of mump

It is noteworthy for its conical hill, locally called the Mump, crowned by a ruined church (St Michael's).
Somerset
G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade
Mumpsimus, mump′si-mus, n. an error to which one clings after it has been thoroughly exposed.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various
Messrs. Mump and Gump, for instance, have scarcely skimmed the surface possibilities of their brilliant notion.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 27, 1920
Various

British Dictionary definitions for mump

mump

verb

(intr) archaic to be silent

Word Origin for mump

C16 (to grimace, sulk, be silent): of imitative origin, alluding to the shape of the mouth when mumbling or chewing

mump

verb

(intr) archaic to beg

Word Origin for mump

C17: perhaps from Dutch mompen to cheat

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