mum
2or mumm
- to say “mum”; call for silence.
- to act as a mummer.
Origin of mum
2Examples from the Web for mumming
Historical Examples of mumming
This is the soul of Mumming; the ostentatious secrecy of men in disguise.
A Miscellany of MenG. K. Chesterton
Does it mean that he was mumming, as it were, like a conjurer?
At The Sign Of The EagleGilbert Parker
"But I have very often," said I to her, as I went on the stage to finish my mumming.
Records of Later LifeFrances Ann Kemble
She had to go back to Huddy's, to the mumming booth and the innyard.
Madame FlirtCharles E. Pearce
People work without aim or energy, and when they suffer it seems as if they were but mumming.
VeniceDorothy Menpes
mum
1- mainly British an informal word for mother 1
Word Origin for mum
mum
2- keeping information to oneself; silent
- mum's the word silence or secrecy is to be observed
Word Origin for mum
mum
3mumm
- (intr) to act in a mummer's play
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mum
4- British obsolete a type of beer made from cereals, beans, etc
Word Origin for mum
Word Origin and History for mumming
mum
"be silent," 1560s, from Middle English mum, mom (late 14c.), inarticulate closed-mouth sound, indicative of unwillingness or inability to speak. As an adjective meaning "secret" from 1520s. Phrase mum's the word is first recorded 1704.
mum
abbreviation of chrysanthemum, first attested 1915 in the jargon of gardeners.