'Mum' definitions:
Definition of 'mum'
From: WordNet
adjective
Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent" [syn: mum, silent]
noun
Of China [syn: florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, mum, Dendranthema grandifloruom, Chrysanthemum morifolium]
noun
noun
Secrecy; "mum's the word"
Definition of 'Mum'
From: GCIDE
- Mum \Mum\, a. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Mumble.] Silent; not speaking; as, to keep mum. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- mum's the word keep this a secret; don't tell anybody. [PJC]
Definition of 'Mum'
From: GCIDE
- Mum \Mum\, interj. Be silent! Hush! [1913 Webster]
- Mum, then, and no more. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mum'
From: GCIDE
- Mum \Mum\, n. Silence. [R.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mum'
From: GCIDE
- 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 A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.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. [1913 Webster]
- The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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