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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mau-mau (mou′mou′),USA pronunciation v.t. - Slang Termsto terrorize, intimidate, or threaten.
- 1970; coined by Tom Wolfe in Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers; see Mau Mau
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Mau Mau (mou′ mou′),USA pronunciation pl. Mau Maus, (esp. collectively) Mau Mau. - Governmenta member of a revolutionary society in Kenya, established in the early 1950s, that consisted chiefly of Kikuyu and engaged in terrorist activities in an attempt to drive out the European settlers and to give government control to the native Kenyans.
mau-mau (mou′mou′),USA pronunciation v.t., - Slang Termsto terrorize, intimidate, or threaten.
- 1970; coined by Tom Wolfe (blend of, blended 1931), U.south, southern. journalist, in Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers; see Mau Mau
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