Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To harass; bother.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Alteration of dialectal mammock, to tear, botch up, from archaic mammock, a scrap.]
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Examples
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(for a piece of something), and "mommuck" (meaning to bother) that hadn't been heard since Shakespeare put away his quill.
I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word mommuck
Ocracoke Island lingo for "to bother."
March 13, 2007