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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mum

	Mum \Mum\, n.
   Silence. [R.] --Hudibras.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mum

	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   A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mum

	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.
      [PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mum

	Mum \Mum\, interj.
   Be silent! Hush!
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         Mum, then, and no more.                  --Shak.
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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
mum

	mum
     adj : failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
           witness remained silent" [syn: silent]
     n 1: of China [syn: florist's chrysanthemum, florists'
          chrysanthemum, Dendranthema grandifloruom, Chrysanthemum
          morifolium]
     2: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom,
         momma, mommy, mammy, mummy, mater]
     3: secrecy; "mum's the word"
     [also: mumming, mummed]

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
mum

	46 Moby Thesaurus words for "mum":
   anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, breathless, brief, brusque, close,
   close-tongued, closemouthed, concise, curt, dumb, dumbfounded,
   dumbstricken, dumbstruck, economical of words, inarticulate,
   indisposed to talk, laconic, ma, mam, mama, mammy, mater, mom,
   mommy, mummy, mute, old woman, quiet, short, silent, snug,
   sparing of words, speechless, stricken dumb, taciturn, terse,
   tight-lipped, tongue-tied, tongueless, unloquacious, untalkative,
   voiceless, word-bound, wordless

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