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    shush
    /ʃʌʃ/

    exclamation

    • 1. be quiet: "Shush! Do you want to wake everyone?"

    noun

    • 1. an utterance of ‘shush’: "the thumps were followed by shushes from the aunts"
    • 2. a soft swishing or rustling sound: "the ‘shush, shush, shush’ of a broom on the tent's groundsheet"

    verb

    • 1. tell or signal (someone) to be silent: "she shushed him with a wave"
    • 2. move with or make a soft swishing or rustling sound: "I stood to watch a big liner shushing slowly past"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › shushShush Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : to urge to be quiet : hush. shush noun. Synonyms. dumb. extinguish. hush. mute. quell. quieten [ chiefly British] settle. shut up. silence. squelch. still. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of shush in a Sentence. The librarian shushed the noisy children.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSHUSH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    SHUSH definition: 1. used to tell someone to be quiet: 2. to (cause to) stop talking or making a noise: 3. used to…. Learn more.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › shushShush - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To shush is to urge someone else to be quiet. If you burst out laughing in the library, the librarian will almost certainly come over and shush you.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › shushSHUSH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Shush definition: hush (used as a command to be quiet or silent).. See examples of SHUSH used in a sentence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSHUSH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    2 meanings: 1. be quiet! hush! 2. to silence or calm (someone) by or as if by saying "shush".... Click for more definitions.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySHUSH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    SHUSH meaning: 1. used to tell someone to be quiet: 2. to (cause to) stop talking or making a noise: 3. used to…. Learn more.

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › shushShush Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Dictionary Meanings. Shush Definition. shŭsh. shushed, shushes, shushing. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Interjection. Verb. Filter. interjection. Used to express a demand for silence. American Heritage. Hush; be quiet. Webster's New World. verb. To say “shush” to; tell (another) to be quiet; hush. Webster's New World.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › shushShush - definition of shush by The Free Dictionary

    Define shush. shush synonyms, shush pronunciation, shush translation, English dictionary definition of shush. interj. Used to express a demand for silence. tr.v. shushed , shush·ing , shush·es To demand silence from by saying "shush": "Simon shushed him quickly as...

  10. en.m.wiktionary.org › wiki › shushshush - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · shush (third-person singular simple present shushes, present participle shushing, simple past and past participle shushed) ( onomatopoeia, intransitive) To be quiet; to keep quiet. He wouldn't shush so I kicked him.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › shushshush | meaning of shush in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    shush meaning, definition, what is shush: to tell someone to be very quiet, especi...: Learn more.