Word Study
hush-hush
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective hush-hush has 1 sense
- hush-hush(s = adj.all) clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground - 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"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hush-hush, adj. colloq. (esp. of an official plan or enterprise etc.) highly secret or confidential.
For further exploring for "hush-hush" in Webster Dictionary Online