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hush-hush definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" [syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and- corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1916 secret, confidential

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. colloq. (esp. of an official plan or enterprise etc.) highly secret or confidential.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is hush-hush is secret and not to be discussed with other people. (INFORMAL) Apparently there's a very hush-hush project under way up north... = secret ADJ