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You can make 5 words from mum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of mum

mum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʌm/
• Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

Alternative form of mam, or an abbreviation of mummy. Compare mom, mama.

Alternative forms

• mam
• mom, Mom (US)
• Mum

Noun

mum (plural mums)

1. (UK, Ireland, Canada, New England, South Africa, India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Mother.
   • 2006, Kathryn Lasky, Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Book 11: To Be a King, page 88:

     “Mum! Mum!” he shouted out. The laughter stopped. Two bright, sparkling yellow eyes peeped from the hollow. Atop her head were the fluffy ear tufts that his mum was so proud of because they were fuller and lovelier than those of most Great Horned Owls. It was indeed his mum!

   • 2011, Chyna, FAM: Rolling in a London Girl Gang, unnumbered page,

     He′s looking at my mum, at her swollen eyes, busted nose and bloodied lips. She′s mashed up something chronic, and the man who did this to her is my dad.

Usage notes

Mum is only capitalized when used as a proper noun:

• I don't think Mum will like you.
• I don't think my mum will like you.
• In New England, the word may still be spelt "mom", but it will have the pronunciation of "mum".

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:mother

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of chrysanthemum.

Alternative forms

• 'mum

Noun

mum (plural mums)

1. (chiefly US) A chrysanthemum.
2. (US, originally Texas) A decoration made originally of a real chrysanthemum but now usually an artificial (silk) flower combined with ribbons and marked with such indicators as the wearer's name, school name, the year, and so on; traditionally worn by girls at high school homecoming celebrations.

Etymology 3

From Middle English mum or mom (“silent”), reminiscent of the sound made when gagged or with a hand over one's mouth. Perhaps related to dated German Mumme (“mask”).

Alternative forms

• (verb): mumm (archaic)

Adjective

mum (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Silent.
2. (colloquial) Secret.

Derived terms

• keep mum
• mum's the word

Interjection

mum!

1. stop speaking!, stop talking!, hush!

Verb

mum (third-person singular simple present mums, present participle mumming, simple past and past participle mummed)

1. To act in a pantomime or dumb show.

Derived terms

• mummer
• mummery

Noun

mum (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) silence

Etymology 4

German Mumme

Noun

mum (uncountable)

1. A type of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.

Etymology 5

A variant of ma'am.

Noun

mum (plural mums)

1. (informal, dated) Alternative spelling of ma'am

Anagrams

• MMU, umm

Abinomn

Noun

mum

1. eeltail catfish

Forak

Noun

mum

1. breast

Further reading

• John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012)

Mokilese

Verb

mum

1. (stative) to be tasty

Derived terms

• jamum

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موم (mum, “candle”), itself from Persian موم (mum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mum/

Noun

mum (definite accusative mumu, plural mumlar)

1. candle

Declension

Derived terms

Zazaki

Noun

mum

1. candle