Word Meaning

mumps definition and meaning

v. i. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
v. i. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.
v. i. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
v. i. To be sullen or sulky.
v. t. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.
v. t. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.
v. t. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
n. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.
n. A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.

Crossword clues for mumps

- Child's gland disease
- Contagious disease
- Disease
- Infectious viral disease
- Viral disease
- Viral gland disease