dummy up
verb
dummied up; dummying up; dummies up
intransitive verb
: to say nothing : clam up
Synonyms
- belt up [British]
- clam up
- dry up
- hush
- pipe down
- quiet (down)
- shut up
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
all of a sudden the suspect just dummied up and demanded the presence of an attorney
Word History
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above
dummying up
verb
as in drying up
to stop talking all of a sudden the suspect just dummied up and demanded the presence of an attorney Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- drying up
- clamming up
- shutting up
- belting up
- piping down
- hushing
- holding one's peace
- quieting (down)
- holding one's tongue
- settling (down)
- cooling (down)
- calming (down)
- hawing
- hemming
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- speaking
- spouting (off)
- talking
- talking up
- speaking out
- speaking up
- piping up
- sounding off