SHTUM

Meaning of SHTUM in English

(also schtum ) / ʃtʊm; NAmE / noun

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IDIOMS

- keep / stay shtum

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WORD ORIGIN

1950s: Yiddish , from German stumm .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SHTUM — [ ʃtʊm ] (also schtum ) ■ adjective Brit. informal silent; non-communicative. Origin 1950s: Yiddish, from Ger. stumm .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHTUM — shtum BrE AmE ʃtʊm
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHTUM — shtum /ʃtʊm/ BrE AmE adjective [not before noun] another spelling of ↑ schtum
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHTUM — schtum [adjective] [informal] - keep shtum If someone keeps shtum, they are silent, secretive, or unwilling to give information or …
Cambridge English vocab
KEEP / STAY SHTUM — ( BrE , informal ) to not speak : Police have appealed for witnesses, but it seems the locals are …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCHTUM — [ ʃtʊm ] ■ adjective variant spelling of shtum .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SCHTUP — schtick , schtuck , schtum , schtup = shtick , shtook , shtum , shtup
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCHTUM — schtum BrE AmE , schtoom , shtum /ʃtʊm/ adjective [not before noun] quiet or silent: The boss of the failed …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUM'S THE WORD — SAY NOTHING, keep quiet, don't breathe a word, don't tell a soul, keep it secret, keep it to yourself, keep …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUM — n. (informal) 25B6; adjective he was keeping mum : SILENT, quiet, mute, dumb, tight-lipped, unforthcoming, reticent; archaic mumchance. 25A0; mum's …
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