hush-hush
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hush-hush
First recorded in 1915–20; reduplication based on hush
Example Sentences
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Sides said the whole experience was "hush-hush" and all she had been told was that the job involved recreating a dance competition.
From BBC
When he returned, he was a pipe-smoking, 165-pound Spencer Tracy look-alike, and just the sort Burns wanted for his hush-hush unit.
From Los Angeles Times
I wish I could just turn to her and say, “Look, Lizzie, I’m a cryptanalyst. A code breaker. It’s all very hush-hush.”
From Literature
Launched earlier this year, the hush-hush undertaking evaluated thousands of the company’s coffee shops across North America on profitability, and the experience of customers and baristas.
“It was the kind of hush-hush tones in people, I knew something wasn’t right.”
From BBC
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