About The Word Mum
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What's The Definition Of Mum?
[n] secrecy; "mum's the word"
[n] informal terms for a mother [n] of China [adj] failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mum: Chrysanthemum morifolium | Dendranthema grandifloruom | florist's chrysanthemum | florists' chrysanthemum | incommunicative | ma | mama | mamma | mammy | mater | mom | momma | mommy | mummy | silent | uncommunicative Related Terms | Find terms related to Mum: anaudic | aphasic | aphonic | breathless | brief | brusque | close | closemouthed | close-tongued | concise | curt | dumb | dumbfounded | dumbstricken | dumbstruck | economical of words | inarticulate | indisposed to talk | laconic | ma | mam | mama | mammy | mater | mom | mommy | mummy | mute | old woman | quiet | short | silent | snug | sparing of words | speechless | stricken dumb | taciturn | terse | tight-lipped | tongueless | tongue-tied | unloquacious | untalkative | voiceless | word-bound | wordless See Also | chrysanthemum | female parent | mother | secrecy | secretiveness | silence Mum In Webster's Dictionary \Mum\, a. [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Mumble}.]
Silent; not speaking. --Thackeray.
The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. --Shak.
\Mum\, interj. Be silent! Hush! Mum, then, and no more. --Shak. \Mum\, n. Silence. [R.] --Hudibras. \Mum\, n. [G. mummere, fr. Christian Mumme, who first brewed it in 1492.] A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany. --Addison. The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. --Pope. |
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