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.
He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the
lip.
Taylor, 1630.
2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly;
to chatter unintelligibly.
3. To cheat; to deceive; to play the
beggar.
And then when mumping with a sore leg, . . .
canting and whining.
Burke.
4. To be sullen or sulky. [Prov.
Eng.]
Mump, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Mumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mumping.] 1. To utter imperfectly,
brokenly, or feebly.
Old men who mump their passion.
Goldsmith.
2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble;
as, to mump food.
3. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to
impose upon.