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shush

[ shuhsh, shoosh ]

interjection

  1. hush (used as a command to be quiet or silent).


verb (used with object)

  1. to order (someone or something) to be silent; hush.

shush

/ ʃʊʃ /

interjection

  1. be quiet! hush!
“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

verb

  1. to silence or calm (someone) by or as if by saying "shush"
“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
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Other Words From

  • shush·er noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shush1

First recorded in 1920–25; imitative
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shush1

C20: reduplication of sh , influenced by hush 1
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Example Sentences

He marked the strike with both a talking and shushing gesture celebration.

From BBC

At one point, it appeared he told someone in the room to "shush" their mouth.

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Following Tarkowski's late equaliser with a superb finish, Doucoure went over towards the away fans and was caught on television cameras making a shushing gesture.

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The only sound was the steady shushing of shoes and snowboots across the marble floor.

When a few overzealous fans couldn’t contain their excitement, and yelled “C’mon, 'Foe!” just as the American was readying to lob the ball upward in a serve, hundreds of other fans collectively shushed them.

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