# mumming

Pronunciation: say "MUM-ing" /ˈmʌmɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A performance in which players act out a scene or story through gesture and mime, without speaking.
   - Simple: A show where actors tell a story with movements and faces but no words.
   - _Without a single spoken line, the mumming told the whole story of the knight and the dragon._
   - _The palace accounts record payments for masks worn in the royal mummings at New Year._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of mum. — present participle and gerund of mum
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of mum. Used for acting out a story without words.
   - _In the village square the players were mumming without a word, and the crowd followed every gesture._
   - _The troupe went from farm to farm, mumming at each door for a cup of cider._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mumming (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).