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[muhm] 
–adjective
| 1. | silent; not saying a word: to keep mum. |
–interjection
—Idiom| 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.
1350–1400; ME momme; imit.
mum
5 [muhm] –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
1630–40; < G Mumme, said to have been named after the brewer who made it
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| mum 1 (mŭm) adj. Not verbalizing; silent. interj. Used as a command to stop speaking. [Middle English, perhaps imitative of closing one's lips.] |
| mum 2 (mŭm) intr.v. mummed, mum·ming, mums
[Middle English mummen, from Old French momer, to wear a mask.] |
| mum 3 (mŭm) n. Chiefly British Mother. [Short for mummy2.] |
| mum 4 (mŭm) n. A chrysanthemum. |
| mum 5 (mŭm) n. A strong beer originally brewed in Brunswick, Germany. [German Mumme.] |
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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.Mum
Mum\, interj. Be silent! Hush! Mum, then, and no more. --Shak.Mum
Mum\, n. Silence. [R.] --Hudibras.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 A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.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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Language Translation for : mum
Spanish:
mamá,
German:
die Mama,
Japanese:
おかあちゃん
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.
mum (n.1)
abbreviation of chrysanthemum, first attested 1924 in the jargon of gardeners.
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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