shtoom
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shtoom — … Useful english dictionary
stay shtoom — stay shtoom, etc Remain silent, be quiet ● shtoom … Useful english dictionary
Keep shtoom — keep quite about; remain silent (from Yiddish, from German stumm = silent) … Dictionary of Australian slang
keep shtoom — Australian Slang keep quite about; remain silent (from Yiddish, from German stumm = silent) … English dialects glossary
shtum — /ʃtʊm/ (say shtoom) phrase keep shtum, Colloquial to keep quiet about something. Also, shtoom. {Yiddish, from German stumm not speaking} …
Yiddish words in English — Yiddish is a vernacular language used by European Jews, based chiefly on High German with Hebrew and Slavonic borrowings, and written in Hebrew characters. English, especially AmE, has adopted many words and phrases from Yiddish in the last two… … Modern English usage
schtum — same as ↑shtoom * * * schtum UK [ʃtʊm] US adjective british informal silent keep/stay schtum: Why did you keep schtum for so long? Thesaurus: silent and silencesynonym describing loud and noisy sounds … Useful english dictionary
