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▪ I. shush, v.|ʃʊʃ, ʃʌʃ|
[Echoic, representing a repetition of sh int. Cf. shshsh.]
1. trans. To call or reduce (someone) to silence by uttering the sounds denoted by sh-sh. Also const. advs.
1925P. Gibbs Unchanging Quest xvii. 127 She would..‘shush’ away any intruders who came to interrupt her private conversation. 1930E. Ferber Cimarron i. 6 The woman listened... They shushed their children when they moved or whimpered. 1949‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar xxv. 225 ‘The Ashbys cleaning up as usual,’ the voice said, and was instantly shushed. 1961J. Heller Catch 22 (1962) xxii. 223 ‘Stop shouting, will you?’ Yossarian shushed him. 1971Wodehouse Much Obliged, Jeeves xv. 152 The ancestor..would, I think, have developed the theme had I not shushed her down with a raised hand. 1980Christian Sci. Monitor (Midwestern ed.) 4 Dec. b3/2 He shushes them or storms at them or coaches them.
2. a. intr. To call for silence in this manner. Freq. imp. b. To become or remain silent.
1924‘O. Douglas’ Pink Sugar v. 52, I stood patiently while Nellie ‘shushed’ under her breath as she brushed, directing me at intervals to ‘Stand still, will ye!’ 1929J. B. Priestley Good Companions ii. i. 273 He gets no further, being fiercely requested by several of his colleagues to ‘shush’. Ibid. iii. iv. 553 Some people laughed. The remainder indignantly shushed again and then clapped. 1969M. Pugh Last Place Left xix. 140 ‘Shush, you bloody pig,’ he said, for the collie was growing impatient. 1972J. Wilson Hide & Seek v. 81 ‘Sh, now, there's a good girl.’ ‘I won't shush. I want to go home.’ 1977‘J. Bell’ Such a Nice Client vi. 63 ‘That's the idea. Shush!’ The manageress was back.
Add:3. To make a soft, shushing sound; to move with the sound of a rush of air.
1975‘L. Gillen’ Return to Deepwater iii. 47 They..were just turning the last corner in the curved carriageway, the trees shushing softly overhead in the morning breeze. 1983L. Niven Integral Trees xx. 206 Now close the outer line... Open the inner. Air shushed into the airlock. 1986D. Potter Ticket to Ride (1987) xxii. 170 The automatic door into the next carriage shushed open.
▪ II. shush, n. colloq.|ʃʊʃ, ʃʌʃ|
[f. the vb.]
An utterance of the exclamation ‘Sh!’ Also transf., quiet. Cf. hush n.2 1 a.
1954R. Fuller Fantasy & Fugue v. 115, I got him out among the shushes and tut-tuts before the attendants could reach him. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. x. 193 Let's 'ave a bit of shush. 1971‘A. Burgess’ MF vi. 71 There was a response of frightened shushes. 1982Observer (Colour Suppl.) 25 Apr. 11/2 Can we have a little shush please? |