Definition/Meaning of mum

• English - Noun: mum (plural mums) (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New England, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, informal) mother 1993, Hilda Hollingsworth, Places of Greater Safety, Zenobia Press edition, page 278: 'Ooh Mum , Auntie don′t allow smokin’ - Pat′s eyes were round with awe as Mum struck a match. 2004, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, Irene Dunlap, Chicken Soup for the…
• English - Adjective: mum (not comparable) (archaic, colloquial, not comparable, of a person) Silent . c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]: The citizens are mum , and speak not a word. 2021 November…
• English - Interjection: mum stop speaking !, stop talking !, hush ! 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]: Mum , then, and no more. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 31, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American…
• English - Verb: mum (third-person singular simple present mums, present participle mumming, simple past and past participle mummed) To act in a pantomime or dumb show . (UK, obsolete, slang, transitive) To silence . 1857, Hidden Links; Or the Schoolfellows. A Tale, volume 2, page 233: "Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly."
• English - Alternative forms: mam mom , Mom ( US ) Mum