Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Informal Secret; confidential.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adj. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Examples
“Sources close to Baba and O confirm that both talk-show divas are deep into hush-hush talks with Ms. Pippa-licious.”
The Huffington Post: Pippa Middleton Oprah Show Rumors Make The Rounds
“She referenced the World Bank's revised policy on access to information and explained that the institution has "gone from a hush-hush place to an era of openness" as a result of the adoption of such policies and standards.”
“Sometimes they even get me into the hush-hush private parties, where I get to schmooze with the big kids.”
“Getty Images Such a hush-hush approach might make sense were this a military campaign as the word cyberattack connotes.”
“It all leads to Wednesday's hush-hush finale episode, which marks the end of an era.”
“Torpey won't be seen as Jessica — that role is now played by Bree Williamson — but will play a different character, which the show has asked us to keep hush-hush.”
“It's all very hush-hush, but we are talking about something that is likely happen in the next four to six weeks," a source said.”
“The story took a bit of a slow start on friday night, most of the plot being hush-hush, but with the fashion show and the drama, it ended big!”
“Maybe they should move along to the next hush-hush conspiracy: a vast majority of Democrats voted for Barack Obama in last year's election.”
“Ed Brubaker and Bryan Hitch collaborating on a hush-hush Marvel miniseries called Reborn?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hush-hush’.
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Reduples
Go for it, brothers and sisters! I personally have been suffering long for lack of an open reduplicatives list
happy clappy, bribble-brabble, diddle-daddle, hugger-mugger, kikiriki, Bora-Bora, mahi-mahi, jingle-jangle, knick-knack paddy..., chit-chat, bon-bon, clapperclaw and 292 more...
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Hyphenated Repeats
Exactly reduplicated words connected by a hyphen.
aye-aye, cleek-cleek, arc-arc, killy-killy, dum-dum, tom-tom, argon-argon, carbon-carbon, win-win, lose-lose, bye-bye, choo-choo and 113 more...
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Hyphen-hyphen
A list of interesting words incorporating a hyphen
cat's-paw, sea-mew, kiss-me-quick, kiss-ass, yellow-bellied, lily-livered, hush-hush, hugger-mugger, fox-trot, super-duper, fuddy-duddy, boogie-woogie and 33 more...
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katiad's Words
exquisite, obnoxious, noxious, extravaganza, whirlwind, whirling, wild, spinster, existential, chaos, zephyr, blasphemy and 310 more...
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Toot Toot, Beep Beep!
chichi, tomtom, weewee, poohpooh, tutu, tsetse, ta-ta, peepee, woop woop, ack-ack, ding-ding, bon bon and 44 more...
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You Can Say That Again
dum-dum, dik-dik, doo-doo, aye-aye, bling-bling, bye-bye, boo-boo, buddy-buddy, frou-frou, gado-gado, gee-gee, gang-gang and 32 more...
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Quiet Alternatives
Quiet
tacit, taciturn, still, hushed, dampen, soft pedal, clammed up, pipe down, hush-hush, shush, muffled, toned down and 34 more...
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