mum
1silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
(used to demand immediate silence.)
Idioms about mum
mum's the word, do not reveal what you know (about something); keep silent: Mum's the word, or the surprise party won't be a surprise.
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or mumm
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a strong beer or ale, first made in Brunswick, Germany.
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5How to use mum in a sentence
I don’t know whether my mum pouted, but definitely channeled her with great pride and honor.
‘Bridgerton’s’ Golda Rosheuvel On Playing Queen Charlotte: ‘It Gives Us A Seat At The Round Table’ | cmurray | January 7, 2021 | Essence.comErvin and other providers say they watched with confusion in recent weeks as states such as New Jersey and Ohio gave top vaccination priority to group home residents, while Maryland health officials stayed mum on the issue.
Maryland places disabled adults in group homes high on vaccine priority list | Rebecca Tan | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostThe surface of Majella’s experience may be an endless cycle of repeated actions — bring mum tea, re-watch “Dallas,” clean the kitchen — but there are subterranean shifts taking place.
The system was not built for families like mine to succeed, regardless of how hard my mum worked.
After growing up poor, a Premier League star corners U.K. into feeding its hungry | Amos Barshad | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostHe was American but told them he was from Canada, and he would call his mother “mum” over the phone.
This might be why Cosby is keeping mum on the accusations, despite the obvious public relations disaster.
No Wonder Cosby's Keeping Quiet: He Could Still Be Prosecuted | Jay Michaelson | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf there was another goal, the Obama administration is keeping mum about it.
To Free American Prisoners, America’s Top Spy Goes to North Korea | Shane Harris | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe presidential hopefuls fire up the faithful with promises to extend the Republican revolution to 2016, as Jeb Bush stays mum.
I think maybe it was the justification he used for that and how he treated my mum for having what he thought was an affair.
“mum was living in fear as well we were trapped,” Cumming tells me.
People would call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum—but that don't make no difference.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)Mrs. Maynard, with a sparkling glance about her that says "mum," has slipped off her wedding-ring, and Belle has taken her hand.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsOh, mum, I was going to get you a sweet little bracelet of old Irish paste—you know—a thing in four little chains.
Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum StolzenbergAnd I have something to tell him, mum—he'll—he'll be having a little sister in the spring.
Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum StolzenbergTheir tongues and loud Rad ram's-horns do their level best to win it, mum.
British Dictionary definitions for mum (1 of 4)
/ (mʌm) /
mainly British an informal word for mother 1
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1British Dictionary definitions for mum (2 of 4)
/ (mʌm) /
keeping information to oneself; silent
mum's the word silence or secrecy is to be observed
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2British Dictionary definitions for mum (3 of 4)
mumm
/ (mʌm) /
(intr) to act in a mummer's play
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3British Dictionary definitions for mum (4 of 4)
/ (mʌm) /
British obsolete a type of beer made from cereals, beans, etc
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