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hush-hush

[ huhsh-huhsh ]

adjective

  1. highly secret or confidential:

    a hush-hush political investigation.



hush-hush

adjective

  1. informal.
    (esp of official work, documents, etc) secret; confidential
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hush-hush1

First recorded in 1915–20; reduplication based on hush
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The hush-hush arrival of the couple’s newest family member shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise considering they have mostly kept details of their private life away from the public eye.

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"The problem has been going on long enough, and everyone knows in their hearts the basic situation. There's no need to be hush-hush any more."

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Why do you think menopause has been a hush-hush topic in the past, and why is it so important that open conversations about it continue?

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But between reminiscences, Bryan and Underwood shared a few hush-hush words about the future.

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Over the years, humans have endangered bandapats by trapping them and locking them in hush-hush science labs.

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