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hush-hush

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hush-hush  (hshhsh)
adj. Informal
Secret; confidential.

hush-hush
Adjective
Informal (esp. of official work) secret and confidential
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hush-hushhush-hush - conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"

hush-hush
Translations

hush-hush [hʌʃˈhʌʃ] adj (col) → muy secreto
hush-hush [hʌʃˈhʌʃ] adj (inf) → ultra-secret/ète
hush-hush [hʌʃˈhʌʃ] hush (inf) adjstreng geheim
hush-hush [ˈhʌʃˈhʌʃ] adj (col) → segretissimo/a


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Charlie Dean, an operative in a hush-hush "Deep Black" department of the NSA, plans a surprise visit to his lifelong friend, biologist James Kegan, in upstate New York.
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