noun
definition
Secrecy; covert operation
adjective
definition
Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders).
example
The spy program was very hush-hush: no-one ever spoke of it.
Examples of hush-hush in a Sentence
The whole business is hush-hush.
We tried to run him down but he was hush-hush with everyone at World Wide on his new job and where he was going.
The FBI likes to keep our work on these cases very hush-hush.
Of course, the news of Jennie Garth has been hush-hush by ABC, who typically does not release the names of the contestants until shortly before the new season begins.
For years people tended to be hush-hush about wearing shapewear, like it was a big secret or something to be ashamed of.
One of the prettiest is the Hush Hush Silk Charmeuse, which is a short silk slipdress designed in Italy that comes in eight colors and features ecru French lace trim and appliqués.
This is all hush-hush.
Louisa Brown, Lesley Browning and Andrew Henderson tell all off the record, on the QT and very hush hush.
How Max Clifford kept things hushed HUSH is anything but hushed unless the gossip among its famous clientele must be kept hush-hush.
Jessica Alba and Cash Warren arranged a hush-hush ceremony in 2008 when they married at the Beverly Hills courthouse, with no family or friends in attendance.
The gasp heard around the world sounded when it was revealed Jennifer Lopez and singer Marc Anthony were married in a hush-hush backyard affair.
As a regular recipient of these treatments, which require the product to be injected into facial muscles to plump fine lines and creases, Madsen is drawing attention to a beauty technique that has been hush-hush in the Hollywood community.
Namco is keeping pretty hush-hush about it, so expect some announcement to be made at E3 later on this year.