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mum
1[ muhm ]
interjection
- (used to demand immediate silence.)
mum
2or mumm
[ muhm ]
verb (used without object)
, mummed, mum·ming.
- to say “mum”; call for silence.
- to act as a mummer.
mum
3[ muhm ]
noun
mum
4[ muhm ]
noun
, Chiefly British.
mum
5[ muhm ]
noun
- a strong beer or ale, first made in Brunswick, Germany.
mum
6[ muhm ]
noun
, Chiefly British.
mum
1/ mʌm /
mum
2/ mʌm /
verb
- intr to act in a mummer's play
mum
3/ mʌm /
adjective
- keeping information to oneself; silent
noun
- mum's the wordsilence or secrecy is to be observed
mum
4/ mʌm /
noun
- obsolete.a type of beer made from cereals, beans, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mum1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English momme; imitative
Origin of mum2
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English mommen, verb use of mum 1; compare Middle Dutch mommen ”to act the mummer's part”
Origin of mum3
First recorded in 1890–95; shortened form
Origin of mum5
First recorded in 1630–40; from German Mumme, said to have been named after Christian Mumme, the brewer who made it
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mum1
C19: a child's word
Origin of mum2
C16: verbal use of mum ²
Origin of mum3
C14: suggestive of closed lips
Origin of mum4
C17: from German Mumme, perhaps from the name of its original brewer
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- 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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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