Mumped vs Mumper - What's the difference?
mumped | mumper |
(mump)
To mumble, speak unclearly.
To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
* 1630 , Taylor
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.
* Burke
To be sullen or sulky.
(Webster 1913)
As a verb mumped
is (mump).As a noun mumper is
(british|or|obsolete) a beggar.mumped
English
Verb
(head)mump
English
Verb
(en verb)- He mumps , and lowres, and hangs the lip.
- And then when mumping with a sore leg, canting and whining.
