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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"
   • ▪ become or remain silent: "Beth told her to shush"
   • 2. move with or make a soft swishing or rustling sound: "I stood to watch a big liner shushing slowly past"

   Word Origin 1920s: imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   What is the meaning of the word Shush?

   • used for telling someone, especially a child, to be quiet. This word is often used instead of a stronger word such as shut up. ... be a love and . . . ... Definition and synonyms of shush from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. This is the British English definition of shush.

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   What does shushing mean?

   • Define shushing. shushing synonyms, shushing pronunciation, shushing translation, English dictionary definition of shushing. 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...

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   What does shushed mean in English?

   • To demand silence from by saying "shush": "Simon shushed him quickly as though he had spoken too loudly in church" (William Golding). American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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   Who is Shush & what do they do?

   • Additionally, if a case gets over their heads and/or budget, SHUSH sometimes turns to freelance agents such as Darkwing Duck. SHUSH handles cases against many criminals and even extraterrestial threats, but their main adversary is the international terrorist organization known as F.O.W.L. .

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   The meaning of SHUSH is to urge to be quiet : hush. How to use shush in a sentence.

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   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.

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

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   shush: 1 v silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' Type of: hush , hush up , quieten , shut up , silence , still cause to be quiet or not talk

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