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mump (mump)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. Dialectal to mumble; mutter

  2. Etymology: Du mompen, to cheat, prob. akin to mompelen

    Slang
    1. to beg
    2. to cheat

Etymology: echoic, or < ? Du mompelen, var. of mommelen, to mumble

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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