"mommick" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Apparently a variant of mammock. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} mommick
  1. (dialectal, Appalachia, Southern US, chiefly North Carolina) A mess, a disorderly state or thing. Tags: Appalachia, Southern-US, dialectal Categories (topical): Violence Related terms: mammock
    Sense id: en-mommick-en-noun-5p-~b9-e Disambiguation of Violence: 16 7 35 43 Categories (other): Appalachian English, North Carolina English, Southern US English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 3 26 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 4 14 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 4 10 29

Verb

Forms: mommicks [present, singular, third-person], mommicking [participle, present], mommicked [participle, past], mommicked [past]
Etymology: Apparently a variant of mammock. Head templates: {{en-verb}} mommick (third-person singular simple present mommicks, present participle mommicking, simple past and past participle mommicked)
  1. (dialectal, transitive, including Ocracoke Island North Carolina) To harass or bother (someone or something). Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-mommick-en-verb-NbXN7Stm Categories (other): North Carolina English
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To beat up or rough up (someone). Tags: dialectal, transitive Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-mommick-en-verb-rvAGvFxM Disambiguation of Violence: 16 7 35 43
  3. (dialectal, Appalachia, Southern US, chiefly North Carolina) To mess up; to bungle or ruin by bungling. Tags: Appalachia, Southern-US, dialectal Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-mommick-en-verb-p37TVjQ9 Disambiguation of Violence: 16 7 35 43 Categories (other): Appalachian English, North Carolina English, Southern US English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mommuck, mummock

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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