name · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/mʌmps/
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rhymes with -ʌmps
CMU ARPABET:M AH1 M P S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A gloomy or sullen silence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 4
plural of mump
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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verb
Meaning 5
third-person singular simple present indicative of mump
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract