Mum

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  • noun. Mother.
  • intransitive verb. To act or play in a pantomime.
  • intransitive verb. To go merrymaking in a mask or disguise especially during a festival.
  • noun. A strong beer originally brewed in Brunswick, Germany.
  • adjective. Not verbalizing; silent.
  • interjection. Used as a command to stop speaking.
  • idiom. (mum's the word) Say nothing of the secret you know.
  • noun. A chrysanthemum.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Silent.
  • To be silent; keep silence.
  • To mask; sport or make diversion in a mask: as, to go a mumming.
  • noun. A strong ale popular in the seventeenth century and in use down to a later time.
  • noun. A dialectal variant of ma'am for madam.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Silent; not speaking.
  • adjective. keep this a secret; don't tell anybody.
  • interjection. Be silent! Hush!
  • noun. Silence.
  • noun. A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A chrysanthemum.
  • noun. Mother.
  • noun. A term of respect for an older woman.
  • noun. A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.
  • adjective. silent.
  • adjective. secret.
  • interjection. stop speaking!
  • verb. to act in a pantomime or dumb show
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. secrecy
  • adjective. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
  • noun. of China
  • noun. informal terms for a mother
  • Word Usage
    "We came back to mine for a while and mum didn't mind that she was here. she was actually really nice and asked her about her exams and things, it was good. .mum even invited her to stay for dinner!!! but she had to go home, her own parents were expecting her home .... i missed her as oon as she left."
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    Brum  Krum  alum  become  brum  
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    dad  no-one  phil  well  
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    mummed  mumming