stay shtum
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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
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
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
