Category:Mum

Mum, a. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Mumble.]

Defn: Silent; not speaking. Thackeray. The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. Shak.

mum Mum, interj.

Defn: Be silent! Hush! Mum, then, and no more. Shak.

mum Mum, n.

Defn: Silence. [R.] Hudibras.

mum Mum, n. Etym: [G. mummere, fr. Christian Mumme, who first brewed it in 1492.]

Defn: A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany. Addison. The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. Pope.