mummychog

[North Amer. Indian mum ma-chog.] A small fish of the carp kind found in this country. mump, v . i . & t. [Dut. mompen to mump, to cheat; O. Dut. mompelen to mumble. Mump is merely a strengthened form of the imitative word mum. ( Skeat .)] [MUM, MUMBLE, and MUMMER.] A. Intransitive: 1. To mumble; to mutter as one in a sulk. "How he mumps and bridles." Beaum. & Flet.: Maid in the Mill , iii. 1. 2. To chew quickly or with rapid motions; to nibble. "Let him not frisk about the house Like a tame mumping squirrel with a bell on." Otway. (Todd.) 3. To chatter; to talk rapidly like an ape. "Leave your mumping." Beaum. & Flet.: Woman's Prize, iv. 1. 4. To beg or ask for alms in a whining tone; to beg; to act as an impostor; to tell pitiful stories. "One prince came mumping to them annually with a lamentable story about his distro es." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xix. IMG:content-1486.png:[blocks in formation]