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[ shuhsh ] / ʃʌʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shush ON THESAURUS.COM
interjectionhush (used as a command to be quiet or silent). verb (used with object)to order (someone or something) to be silent; hush. Origin of shushFirst recorded in 1920–25; imitative OTHER WORDS FROM shushshusher, nounWords nearby shushshunter, shunting engine, shunto, shunt-wound, shura, shush, Shushan, shut, shutdown, Shute, shuteye Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shushNaomi gripped the bar, glancing back and forth between her hands and making “shush” noises to focus. Sandy Koufax 2.0|Zachary Fenster|July 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST When Barack Obama tried to shush "loose talk of war," he got as much traction as a vicar giving a sermon during a soccer riot. Please Shut Up|Gershom Gorenberg|March 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST I listened, and sure enough I heard the shush, shush of something moving in the dead leaves and dry grass a little distance away. The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies|Frank Worthington Being at a little distance from her, Bert had no chance to shush her outspoken comments. Big Pill|Raymond Zinke Gallun
Navel tried to shush him, embarrassed, but he doggedly went on. Conquest Over Time|Michael Shaara The orderly stopped pushing his chair and the nurse rushed forward to shush them sternly, but it barely dampened the calls. I was just about to say he could when again that shush, shush! The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies|Frank Worthington
British Dictionary definitions for shush
verbto silence or calm (someone) by or as if by saying "shush" Word Origin for shushC20: reduplication of sh, influenced by hush 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to shushsubdue, mute, hush, lull, still, muzzle, quash, suppress, quieten, muffle, quell, gag, deaden, stifle, dull, clam, dampen, soft-pedal, quiet, squelch |