shtoom


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Related to shtoom: keep shtoom

shtoom

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shtum

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shtumm

adj
slang silent; dumb (esp in the phrase keep shtoom)
[from Yiddish, from German stumm silent]
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Translations

shtoom

[ʃtʊm] ADJ to keep shtoom (about sth) → no decir ni mu (de algo) , no decir esta boca es mía (sobre algo)
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shtoom

adj (inf: = quiet) to keep shtoom about something → über etw (acc) → die Klappe halten (inf)
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References in periodicals archive ?
Shtoom. http://divmod.org/projects/shtoom, April 2006.
SPIT DETECTION AND PREVENTION
Politics has changed.Voters aren't happy being told to keep shtoom and play the game, they want to vote for things they believe in and they don't want to feel ashamed of those beliefs.
Revived party is leading with left
However, the most powerful reason of all for keeping shtoom is that I have absolutely no idea how this crisis can be resolved.
THERE are many excellent [...]; COLUMNIST
I was asked the questions so many times I realised I should have kept shtoom and not mentioned I was going away at all.
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"Edwardian elitists to a man and woman drew their gipsy caravans round in a tight defensive kraal and stayed shtoom."
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CLYDE teenager Mark Gilhaney is doing a Wayne Rooney - he's staying shtoom. His boss Alan Kernaghan said so.
FOOTBALL: THE BOY DUMB GOOD - AND HIS TEAM ISN'T THAT BAD EITHER; AYR UNITED..0 CLYDE...........3
An agent for the model is also keeping shtoom. All a bit of a muddle really.
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