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Definition: MUMP |
MUMPIntransitive verb1. To be sullen or sulky. 2. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. 3. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly. 4. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. Transitive verb1. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon. 2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food. 3. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MUMP | English | Non-Monotonic Reasoning Techniques for Industrial Planning Applications | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Request | Beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging; mendicate, mump, cadge, beg one's bread. |
Stammering | Mumble, mutter; maud, mauder; whisper; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MUMP |
| English words defined with "MUMP": Mumped, Mumping. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "MUMP": Mumpers, Mumping Day. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "MUMP": MUMPS. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mump | 11 |
mump smoot | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MUMP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mashtroj (bamboozle, befool, beguile, besot, bilk, cheat, chicane, chisel, cozen, deceive, defalcate, defraud, delude, diddle, do, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fob, fool, fudge, gyp, hocus, hoodwink, hose, impose, jockey, juggle, lead on, mislead, nobble, overreach, palter, queer, ready up, shortchange, swindle, take advantage of, take for a ride), nuk jam në qejf, lyp (ask, beg, cadge, mooch, need, plead), lus (ask, beg, beseech, pray, request, solicit), i lutem (bend the knee to, invoke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تلفظ بشتائم, تزمر, عبر مغمغما, دمدم (dumdum, growl, grumble, murmur, mutter, rumble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | муся се (huff, pout, sulk, tiff), прося с престорен глас. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | grommeler (murmur, mutter), grogner (murmur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μασουλίζω (munch), επαιτώ (beg, cadge, panhandle, prog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szélhámoskodik (racketeer, shark, to swindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umpmay mendigar (beg, cadge), pedir esmola, andar mal-humorado. (various references) обманывать (befool, beguile, bilk, cheat, deceive, deceiving, defraud, delude, disappoint, do, double cross, flimflam, fob, fool into thinking, gag, gull, hocus, hoodwink, impose, jockey, juggle, kid, practise deceit, practise deception, prey, pull a fast one, swindle, victimize), нищенствовать (beg), лицемерить (cant, dissimulate), быть не в духе (be disgruntled), притворяться несчастным, попрошайничать (cadge, mooch, panhandle), дуться (be in the pouts, pout, pouting, sulk). (various references) isprositi (bum, cadge). (various references) pedir limosna (beg), estar abatido (be in the doldrums, mope). (various references) mırıldanmak (coo, croon, fret and fume, grizzle, grumble, hum, murmur, mutter, pur, purr), somurtmak (be in the sulks, frown, go sour, have the pouts, lower, make face, pout, sour, sulk, turn sour), dilenmek (ask for alms, beg, bum, cant, panhandle). (various references) старцювати (panhandle), бути не в настрої, прикидатися нещасним, дутися (pout, sulk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "MUMP": mumped, mumper, mumpers, mumping, mumps. (additional references) | |
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"MUMP" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mampy, mapm, memp, mmb, Mmpi, Mmuh, mulm, muma, mumf, mumi, Mummm, mumu, mup, Mupp, murm, murp, nmp, Ummk, ummmm. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "m-m-p-u" | |
-1 letter: mum, umm, ump. | |
-2 letters: mm, mu, um, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "m-m-p-u" | |
+1 letter: mumps. | |
+2 letters: metump, mumped, mumper, plummy, pummel, wampum. | |
+3 letters: metumps, mugwump, mumpers, mumping, optimum, plumbum, plummet, pomatum, premium, pummelo, pummels, wampums. | |
+4 letters: dummkopf, emporium, exemplum, imperium, mugwumps, opiumism, optimums, plumbism, plumbums, plummets, plummier, pomatums, premiums, pummeled, pummelos, supermom, timpanum, tympanum. | |
+5 letters: dummkopfs, emporiums, epimysium, euphemism, imperiums, impostume, impromptu, marsupium, opiumisms, paramylum, plumbisms, plummeted, plummiest, presummit, pummeling, pummelled, supermoms, sympodium, symposium, timpanums, tympanums. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 55 4D 50 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- ..- -- .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01010101 01001101 01010000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M U M P |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0055 004D 0050 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47554750 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Abbreviations 6. Acronyms 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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