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
I am sure to mump and moan is not in you; besides, you would be the last to have yourself numbered among the Tommies of the world, the half-bottle men.
From The Wayfarers by J. C. Snaith
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 Gordon Stables
And I believe I had several measles, and a mump or two as a child.
From The Wallypug in London by Alan Wright
Mump, mump, v.t. and v.i. to mumble, mutter, or move the lips with the mouth almost closed: to nibble: to cheat: to play the beggar.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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