hush-hush
English
Adjective
hush-hush (comparative more hush-hush, superlative most hush-hush)
- Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders).
- The spy program was very hush-hush: no-one ever spoke of it.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:covert
Noun
hush-hush (uncountable)
- secrecy; covert operation
- 1933, The China Monthly Review (volume 67, page 64)
- I find a very definite policy of hush-hush here about what Japan is doing […]
- 1933, The China Monthly Review (volume 67, page 64)