Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mumming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: mum-ming
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of mum

verb

present participle and gerund of mumm

noun

A pantomime or dumb show.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The vassals or tenants collected in the hall for Christmas masking and mumming—the peasant gathering that May-day called out upon the green, drew together ranks whose distance, in our day, occasions forgetfulness on one side, and discontent on the other."
"The court masque has its origin in medieval court mummings."

Usage

Inflected Forms

mummings (plural)

Synonyms

mummering

Rhymes With

coming becoming plumbing humming drumming cumming bumming gumming chumming

Questions

What does mumming mean?: present participle and gerund of mum

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