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   Mump (?), v. i. [Akin to mumble; cf. D. mompen to cheat; perh. orig., to whine like a beggar, D. mompelen to mumble. See Mumble, Mum, and cf. Mumps.]
   1. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
   
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   He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip. Taylor, 1630.
   
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   2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.
   
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   3. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
   
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   And then when mumping with a sore leg, . . . canting and whining. Burke.
   
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   4. To be sullen or sulky. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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   Mump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mumping.]
   1. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.
   
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   Old men who mump their passion. Goldsmith.
   
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   2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, “to mump food”.
   
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   3. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
   
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