mumming

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noun

A pantomime or dumb show.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mum
  2. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mumm
nounmumming (countable and uncountable, plural mummings)

plural mummings

  1. countableuncountableA pantomime or dumb show.

    The court masque has its origin in medieval court mummings.

    2011, Susan Lauffer O'Hara, The Theatricality of Mary Wroth's Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
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    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.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 280–281

    Synonyms: mummering

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA pantomime or dumb show.

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mummering
Also see
mummering

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mumming

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Cite this entry
APA

mumming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumming

MLA

“mumming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumming. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mumming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumming.

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