Meaning of MUM
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | Chrysanthemum morifolium, Dendranthema grandifloruom, florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, incommunicative, ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mater, mom, momma, mommy, mummy, silent, uncommunicative |
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| | See Also: | | chrysanthemum, female parent, mother, secrecy, secretiveness, silence | |
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\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A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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