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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.]
   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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   To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.
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   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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   To be sullen or sulky. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Mump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mumped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mumping.]
   To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.
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   Old men who mump their passion.
   Goldsmith.
   
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   To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.
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   To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
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