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shtum — 7 (also schtum) [ʃtʊm] [ʃtʊm] noun uncountable Idiom: ↑keep shtum … Useful english dictionary
shtum — (also schtum) ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ silent; non communicative. ORIGIN Yiddish, from German stumm … English terms dictionary
shtum — adj silent, unspeaking. Most often heard in the phrase keep/stay shtum : be quiet. A Yiddish term from the German stumm: dumb, which entered London working class slang via Jewish influ ence in the East End … Contemporary slang
shtum — /ʃtʊm/ (say shtoom) phrase keep shtum, Colloquial to keep quiet about something. Also, shtoom. {Yiddish, from German stumm not speaking} …
shtum — [ʃtʊm] (also schtum) adjective Brit. informal silent; non communicative. Origin 1950s: Yiddish, from Ger. stumm … English new terms dictionary
keep shtum — keep/stay ˈshtum idiom (BrE, informal) to not speak • Police have appealed for witnesses, but it seems the locals are keeping shtum. Main entry: ↑shtumidiom … Useful english dictionary
stay shtum — keep/stay ˈshtum idiom (BrE, informal) to not speak • Police have appealed for witnesses, but it seems the locals are keeping shtum. Main entry: ↑shtumidiom … Useful english dictionary
keep shtum — verb Dont tell anyone; especially, keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret. If I tell you, you have to promise to keep shtum about it. Syn: keep mum, mums the word … Wiktionary
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
Yiddish words used by English-speaking Jews — Yiddish words may be used in a primarily English language context. An English sentence that uses these words sometimes is said to be in Yinglish, however the primary meaning of Yinglish is an anglicism used in Yiddish. This secondary sense of the … Wikipedia
