mump

Meanings

Verb

• To mumble, speak unclearly.
• To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
• To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase.
• To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
• To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
• To be sullen or sulky.
• To nibble.

Noun

• A grimace.
• A cube of peat; a spade's depth of digging turf.

Origin

• Perhaps borrowed through obsolete Dutch mompen, according to Kroonen, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *mump-, from Proto-Indo-European, related to Ancient Greek μέμφομαι.
• Also akin to German mimpfeln, Icelandic mumpa. See also English mum.