/mʌmps/
OriginCirca 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.
- abbreviation, acronym, alt-ofAcronym 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.
- plural, plural-onlyA 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.
“At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out.”
- dated, plural, plural-onlyA gloomy or sullen silence.
- form-of, pluralplural of mump
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-personthird-person singular simple present indicative of mump