stumm and crum adj.
extremely quiet, ‘silent as the grave’.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Signs of Crime 203: Stumm Silent. Pronounced Schtumm. ‘Keep stumm!’ is an urgent command – ‘Stop talking!’ (Yiddish.); Stumm and crum Emphatic version of ‘stumm’. |
extremely quiet, ‘silent as the grave’.
| Signs of Crime 203: Stumm Silent. Pronounced Schtumm. ‘Keep stumm!’ is an urgent command – ‘Stop talking!’ (Yiddish.); Stumm and crum Emphatic version of ‘stumm’. |