mump

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  1. To mumble or mutter, as in sulkiness. And when he's crost or sullen any way, He mumps, and lowres, and hangs the lip, they say. John Taylor, Works (1630). (Nares.) When they come with their counterfeit looks, and mumping tones, think them players. Lamb, Decay of Beggars.
  2. To nibble; chew; munch, or move the jaw-as if munching. Aged mumping beldames. Nash, Terrors of the Night. Spend but a quarter so much time in mumping upon Gabrielism. Nash, Dedication to Haue with you to Saffron-Walden.
  3. To chatter; make mouths; grin like an ape. Ter. The tailor will run mad upon my life for 't. Ped. How he mumps and bridles; he will ne'r cut clothes again. Fletcher and Rowley, Maid in the Mill, iii. 1.
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  1. from Dutch mompen, mump, cheat; a strengthened form of mommen, mumble: see mum, v. The Gothic (Moesogothic) bi-mampjan, deride, is perhaps ult. related. In part perhaps associated with munch, as crump with crunch, hump with hunch, lump with lunch, etc. Hence mumps.
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