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mum (encz) | mum,máma n: |
mum (encz) | mum,mamka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Mum (gcide) | Mum \Mum\, a. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Mumble.]
Silent; not speaking; as, to keep mum. --Thackeray.
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The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. --Shak.
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mum's the word keep this a secret; don't tell anybody.
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Mum (gcide) | Mum \Mum\, interj.
Be silent! Hush!
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Mum, then, and no more. --Shak.
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Mum (gcide) | Mum \Mum\, n.
Silence. [R.] --Hudibras.
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Mum (gcide) | 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A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.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.
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The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. --Pope.
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mum (wn) | mum
adj 1: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to;
"the witness remained silent" [syn: mum, silent]
n 1: of China [syn: florist's chrysanthemum, {florists'
chrysanthemum}, mum, Dendranthema grandifloruom,
Chrysanthemum morifolium]
2: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma,
mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
3: secrecy; "mum's the word" |
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