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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip. Taylor, 1630. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. [ 1913 Webster ]

And then when mumping with a sore leg, . . . canting and whining. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be sullen or sulky. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mumped p. pr. & vb. n. Mumping. ] 1. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old men who mump their passion. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A beggar; a begging impostor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sullen, sulky. -- Mump"ish*ly, adv. -- Mump"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf. Mump, Mumble, and Mum. ] 1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. Skinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Prob. so called from the patient's appearance. ] (Med.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands, and sometimes causing inflammation of the testes or ovaries; also called epidemic parotitis or infectious parotitis. It is caused by infection with a paramyxovirus. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]