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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mum1 /mʌm/USA pronunciation adj. - silent:to keep mum.
mum3 /mʌm/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologychrysanthemum.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mum1 (mum),USA pronunciation adj. - silent;
not saying a word:to keep mum.
interj. - say nothing! be silent!
- Idiomsmum'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.
- 1350–1400; Middle English momme; imitative
- to say "mum'';
call for silence. - to act as a mummer.
Also, mumm. - 1350–1400; Middle English mommen, verb, verbal use of mum1; compare Middle Dutch mommen to act the mummer's part
- Plant Biologychrysanthemum.
mum4 (mum),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]- British Termsmother.
- 1815–25; nursery word; see mom
- Winea strong beer or ale, first made in Brunswick, Germany.
- German Mumme, said to have been named after the brewer who made it
- 1630–40
- British Termsmadam.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mum /mʌm/ n - chiefly Brit
an informal word for mother1
Etymology: 19th Century: a child's word mum /mʌm/ adj - keeping information to oneself; silent
n - mum's the word ⇒ silence or secrecy is to be observed
Etymology: 14th Century: suggestive of closed lips mum, mumm /mʌm/ vb (mums, mumming, mummed)- (intransitive) to act in a mummer's play
Etymology: 16th Century: verbal use of mum² |