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mumps

/mʌmps/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
mumps
IPA
/mʌmps/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

noun

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.

noun

A gloomy or sullen silence.

Dated

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mump

noun

plural of mump

Example Sentences

Etymology

Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.

Usage

Derived Forms

antimumps mumpish

Frequently Paired Words

VistA OpenVistA GT.M ISM Caché

Synonyms

epidemic parotitis

Rhymes With

jumps pumps bumps trumps dumps lumps stumps clumps slumps thumps humps chumps

Questions

How do you pronounce mumps?
The recorded pronunciation is /mʌmps/.
What does mumps mean?
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.
Where does mumps come from?
Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.

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