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- adjective Alternative form of
shtum .
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Examples
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His family's rule for life was "stay shtoom" -- don't draw attention to yourself.
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Anyway I wasn't getting involved with Old Bill so I kept shtoom.
faceless Cole, Martina 2001
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He's just kept shtoom about the whole thing ever since, no doubt having had a mobile phone thrown at his head by the prime minister.
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Dark Knight director has kept shtoom about his upcoming projects.
epeolatrist commented on the word shtoom
alternative spelling of shtum, means silent, speechless, or dumb
December 9, 2008