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mum |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mum \Mum\, a. [Of imitative origin. Cf {Mumble}.] Silent; not speaking. --Thackeray. The citizens are mum, and speak not a word --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mum \Mum\, interj. Be silent! Hush! Mum, then, and no more --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mum \Mum\, n. Silence. [R.] --Hudibras. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mum \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 A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mum adj : failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to "the witness remained silent" [syn: {silent}] n 1: of China [syn: {florist's chrysanthemum}, {florists' chrysanthemum}, {Dendranthema grandifloruom}, {Chrysanthemum morifolium}] 2: informal terms for a mother [syn: {ma}, {mama}, {mamma}, {mom}, {momma}, {mommy}, {mammy}, {mummy}, {mater}] 3: secrecy; "mum's the word"
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