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Mumps vs Mump - What's the difference?

mumps | mump |

As a noun mumps

is mumps.

As a verb mump is

to mumble, speak unclearly.

mumps

English

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programing System; a programming language (and database) developed originally to be specifically for hierarchically arranged records, such as medical records.
  • See also

    * VistA * OpenVistA * * ISM *

    mump

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mumble, speak unclearly.
  • To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
  • * 1630 , Taylor
  • He mumps , and lowres, and hangs the lip.
  • 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
  • And then when mumping with a sore leg, canting and whining.
  • To be sullen or sulky.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * Mumping Day