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[muhm] Pronunciation Key
[muhm] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–interjection
—Idiom
| 1. | silent; not saying a word: to keep mum. |
| 2. | say nothing! be silent! |
| 3. | 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. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME momme; imit.]
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[muhm] Pronunciation Key
[muhm] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object), mummed, mum·ming.
| 1. | to say “mum”; call for silence. |
| 2. | to act as a mummer. |
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[muhm] Pronunciation Key
[muhm] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a strong beer or ale, first made in Brunswick, Germany. |
[Origin: 1630–40; < G Mumme, said to have been named after the brewer who made it]
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| mum 1
(mŭm) Pronunciation Key
adj. Not verbalizing; silent. interj. Used as a command to stop speaking. [Middle English, perhaps imitative of closing one's lips.] |
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| mum 2
(mŭm) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. mummed, mum·ming, mums
[Middle English mummen, from Old French momer, to wear a mask.] |
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| mum 3
(mŭm) Pronunciation Key
n. Chiefly British Mother. [Short for mummy2.] |
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| mum 4
(mŭm) Pronunciation Key
n. A chrysanthemum. |
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| mum 5
(mŭm) Pronunciation Key
n. A strong beer originally brewed in Brunswick, Germany. [German Mumme.] |
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mum (interj.)
mum (interj.)
1568, from M.E. mum, mom "silent" (1377), imitative of the sound made with closed lips, as indicative of unwillingness or inability to speak. Phrase mum's the word is first recorded 1704.
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mum (n.1)
mum (n.1)
abbreviation of chrysanthemum, first attested 1924 in the jargon of gardeners.
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mum (n.2)
mum (n.2)
1823, pet word for "mother," short for mummy. In British sociology, used from 1957 in ref. to "the working class mother as an influence in the lives of her children."
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| mum | |
adjective | |
| 1. | failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent" |
noun | |
| 1. | of China [syn: florist's chrysanthemum] |
| 2. | informal terms for a mother [syn: ma] |
| 3. | secrecy; "mum's the word" |
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Mum
Mum\, a. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Mumble.] Silent; not speaking. --Thackeray. The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. --Shak.
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Mum
Mum\, interj. Be silent! Hush! Mum, then, and no more. --Shak.
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Mum
Mum\, n. Silence. [R.] --Hudibras.
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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.
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