Meaning of secret squirrel | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone who is being secretive.

informal

Examples

“I said, ‘Well, you can say what you like about Joe, I've never known him to give anything away — even when he should have done because I was working with him! Secret squirrel syndrome we used to call it in the army.’”

“Christian was working on some Secret Squirrel project with Mike, and Wayne had his headphones in and was coding furiously.”

“Hypnosis, contrary to perceptions perpetuated by the media, is not some highly guarded secret-squirrel procedure that loses its efficacy once the "truth" is exposed.”

“Meetings in the SCIF were usually limited to members of the FBI's “secret squirrel division,” as the agents referred to those who worked counterintelligence matters.”

“Also developing its own breed of suborbital vehicle is Blue Origin, which has maintained its secret-squirrel profile since being founded by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos.”

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