Mum
[mʌm]
Definition
(noun.) secrecy; 'mum's the word'.
(adj.) failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; 'the witness remained silent' .
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Definition
(a.) Silent; not speaking.
(interj.) Be silent! Hush!
(n.) Silence.
(n.) A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Silent, mute, speechless, dumb.
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Definition
adj. silent.—n. silence.—interj. be silent!—interj. Mum′-bud′get an exclamation enjoining silence.—n. Mum′chance a silent game with cards or dice: a fool.—adj. silent.
n. a peculiar kind of beer made of wheat-malt to which some brewers add oat and bean meal.
Editor: Vanessa
Examples
- I think she might have been mistrustful, mum,' answered Sloppy, hesitating. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Give me your fork, Mum, and take the baby, said Flopson. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Wery likely, mum,' replied Mr. Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As I don't rekvire any o' your conversation just now, mum, vill you have the goodness to re-tire? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That abject hypocrite, Pumblechook, nodded again, and said, with a patronizing laugh, It's more than that, Mum. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Not a bit on it, mum,' replied Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Now, Mum, with respections to this boy! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Is it the case, mum? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That's true, Mum, said Mr. Pumblechook, with a grave nod. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Thank'ee, mum, says Jo. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I gave my order as soberly as I could, and slamming down the door, with an Aye, aye, mum, the man made his horse walk, as if going to a funeral. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The tax upon mum, though much heavier, is still less productive, on account of the smaller consumption of that liquor. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Even as to that, mum,' answered the ecstatic Sloppy, 'the turning might be done in the night, don't you see? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Don't you stir, Mrs. Raggles, Mum. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I think it vill, mum,' replied Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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