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Raremumps
The correct spelling is mumps.
How to pronounce mumps
noun
Say it like: Mum-ps
The correct spelling is mumps. A grimace.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A grimace.
- 2.A cube of peat.
- 3.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.
- 4.A gloomy or sullen silence.
verb
- 1.To mumble, speak unclearly.
- 2.To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
- 3.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.
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