silent

Definition

  • noun: a motion picture made without spoken dialogue
  • adjective: not speaking or making noise
  • adjective: making no utterance
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: quiet, mute, dumb

Examples

  • I told him that I thought he was crazy and got 'the silent treatment' for the rest of the day. [=he refused to talk to me for the rest of the day]

  • You have the 'right to remain silent'. [=the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested]

  • Whenever she gets mad at me, she 'gives me the silent treatment'. [=she does not speak to me]

Movie quotes

  • (..) So nerd is inferred But forget what you heard I'm like James Bond the Third Shaken not stirred I'm Kevin Gnapoor The G is silent when I sneak in your door And make love to your woman On the bathroom floor I don't play it like Staggy You'll know it was me (..)
    2004 Mean Girls