mump

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To mumble, speak unclearly.
2. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
3. (intransitive) To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase.
4. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
5. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
6. To be sullen or sulky.
7. (ambitransitive) To nibble.
8. to accept a small gift or bribe in exchange for services.

Noun

A grimace.

Noun

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

Synonymes

beg

cadge

grin

😁

munch

overreach

panhandle

prog

sulk

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mʌmp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à néerlandais: mompen

Appartenant à grec ancien: μέμφομαι

Appartenant à allemand: mimpfeln

Appartenant à islandais: mumpa

Appartenant à anglais: mum

In summary

Perhaps borrowed through obsolete Dutch mompen (“to cheat, swindle, deceive”), according to Kroonen, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *mump- (“to stain”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mm̥bʰ-neh₂- Also akin to German mimpfeln (“to mumble”), Icelandic mumpa (“to take into the mouth”). See also English mum.
While Kroonen claims Ancient Greek μέμφομαι (mémphomai, “I blame, accuse”) and the Germanic forms are reconcilable and related, Beekes rejects this, stating that Germanic -p- cannot here correspond to Greek -φ- and that this etymological connection is not widely considered reliable.