hush-hush
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adjective
highly secret or confidential: a hush-hush political investigation.
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| hush-hush | |
| —adj | |
| informal (esp of official work, documents, etc) secret; confidential | |
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Hush-hush
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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hush-hush definition[ˈhəʃˈhəʃ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Another twist had to do with the hush-hush nature of the panel's work.
The hush-hush of politics is controlling a segment of people without those people recognizing they are being managed.
The books and tapes were warehoused, embargoed, surrounded with the hush-hush of great revelations withheld.
Third, and this is still pretty hush-hush, is that there's a career trade-off.
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