mum
noun
[ mʌm ]
• one's mother.
• "she often goes round to see her mum, who lives nearby"
Similar:
mother,
biological mother,
birth mother,
foster mother,
adoptive mother,
stepmother,
surrogate mother,
mama,
mamma,
ma,
mammy,
old dear,
old lady,
old woman,
mummy,
mumsy,
mam,
mom,
mommy,
mater,
Mata,
amma,
progenitress,
progenitrix,
Origin:
mid 17th century: abbreviation of mummy2. Compare with mom.
mum
adjective
• silent.
Similar:
silent,
quiet,
mute,
dumb,
tight-lipped,
close-mouthed,
uncommunicative,
unforthcoming,
reticent,
secretive,
mumchance,
Origin:
late Middle English: imitative of a sound made with closed lips.
mum
noun
• a cultivated chrysanthemum.
Origin:
late 19th century: abbreviation.
mum
verb
• act in a traditional masked mime or a mummers' play.
• "after they had masked and mummed, away they went"
Origin:
late Middle English: compare with mum2 and Middle Low German mummen .
keep mum
• remain silent, especially so as not to reveal a secret.
• "he was keeping mum about a possible move to West Ham"
Similar:
silent,
quiet,
mute,
dumb,
tight-lipped,
close-mouthed,
uncommunicative,
unforthcoming,
reticent,
secretive,
mumchance,
