hush-hush (comparativemorehush-hush,superlativemosthush-hush)

1. Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only inhushed whispers betweeninsiders).

   The spy program was veryhush-hush: no-one ever spoke of it.

• See alsoThesaurus:covert

hush-hush (uncountable)

1. secrecy;covertoperation
   • 1933,The China Monthly Review, volume67, page64:

     I find a very definite policy ofhush-hush here about what Japan is doing[…]

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