present participle of mump

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

(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mump

plural of mump

(transitive, intransitive) To mumble, speak unclearly. / To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. / (intransitive) To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase.

(obsolete) A grimace.

(UK, dialect, Somerset) A cube of peat; a spade's depth of digging turf.

simple past tense and past participle of mump

(Britain, historical) December 21st, St. Thomas's Day, a day for begging before Christmas.